The government is on the verge of a shutdown. Here's what Tennesseans need to know about programs, activities impacted by it.

Republicans want deep federal spending cuts and a boost in defense spending while Democrats want protections that social welfare programs won't be cut and that the Trump administration will properly ...

The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress looked set to move ahead this week to keep the government funded and avert a partial ...

House Democrats are seizing on concerns over Medicaid and Medicare as a way to oppose Republicans' plan to fund the government.

A proposed federal spending bill would require D.C. to spend at its budgeted level from last fiscal year, a reduction of ...

Yet another government shutdown is looming. If that feels like dé·jà vu, that's because Americans were just in the same predicament in December when federal spending was about to dry up and Congress ...

The six-month budget bill must be approved by lawmakers before Friday night to avoid a partial government shutdown.

The Trump administration has given almost no details on which aid programs it spared as it mass-emailed contract terminations ...

President Donald Trump is dismissing business concerns over the uncertainty caused by his planned tariffs on a range of ...

Trump is soft-launching a recession. The president has now twice refused to rule out a recession in the wake of his own ...

Donald Trump has warned that the US government could face a shutdown in a matter of days if one temporary bill doesn't get ...