Live updates and the latest news as President Donald Trump signs executive orders and Congress works to pass a spending bill ...

US lawmakers raced Monday to avert a weekend government shutdown with a funding deal loudly backed by President Donald Trump ...

The wrangling over an extension of government dominates the agenda for both the House and the Senate this week.

Lawmakers are returning to Washington on Monday and seeking to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week. President ...

Congress faces a Friday deadline to approve a new government spending bill to avert a shutdown at midnight—with preliminary ...

A government shutdown looms as Trump addresses a joint session of Congress, where he’s sure to face a divided audience ...

But "Congress needs to weigh in on how we want funding spent ... as both sides are already preparing to lay the blame for a ...

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

In the case of a government shutdown, those workers are put on leave because there isn't money budgeted for their job. The ...

Donald Trump’s second presidency will take a novel path this week as he turns to Congress to enshrine part of his effort to ...

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 ...