Editor's note: This article has been updated with information from the City of San Antonio and CPS Energy. The federal government shut down as the clock struck midnight on Wednesday, October 1. It is ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security remains shut down Wednesday, April 29, and it's unclear when it may end after House Speaker Mike Johnson floated changes to an already approved Senate bill ...

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The Senate moves to prevent government shutdowns permanently with bipartisan legislation that would strip lawmakers of recess ...

Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to fund the government, endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump, was roundly rejected by the ...

More than seven days into the sweeping government shutdown with no end in sight, the Senate rejected Democratic and Republican plans to reopen the government. The failure to pass a funding package ...

The Senate will vote on a measure to block lawmaker pay during government shutdowns as Republicans push multiple bills to prevent future closures.

One of the most confusing federal-government shutdowns in living memory began at midnight on January 31 when the stopgap-spending authority that ended the last government shutdown in November ran out.

Americans worried that the U.S. government shutdown could derail their plans to take out a mortgage or refinance their home loan can breathe easy — mostly. Housing experts says lenders will continue ...

Senate Republicans are worried that Democrats will force a government shutdown in the fall, and are eyeing ways to prevent government funding from being weaponized ever again. Republicans are in the ...

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) predicted on the Senate floor that his Democratic colleagues will find a reason to block funding legislation and trigger another government shutdown “right before the ...