Since 1976, Congress and the White House have faced off over budgets and brought the U.S. government to a near halt more than 20 times.

Education, child care and nutrition services for tens of thousands of young American children will begin to be cut off on Saturday, as Republicans and Democrats

And then I was furloughed," he said.Now instead of heading to the office, Mr Stein dons a suit and mans his hot dog stall.One afternoon this week, he was greeting regular customers, taking photos and nodding at motorists who were driving past and honking their horns.

The federal government officially entered a shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday amid an impasse on Capitol Hill over competing congressional spending bills.

FBI investigations have been slowed or stalled by the second-longest U.S. government shutdown in history, leaving the bureau without funds to pay informants or make undercover drug or gun buys, gaps that an FBI spokesperson said are putting national security at risk.

Even while warning about national security and human rights abuse, the U.S. government across five Republican and Democratic administrations has repeatedly allowed and even actively helped American firms to sell technology to Chinese police,

Our live coverage of the government shutdown has concluded for the day. Please scroll through the posts below to learn about Thursday’s developments as well as other news involving the Trump administration.

Widespread flight delays and cancellations plagued US airports as the government shutdown, now the longest in history, entered its second month. Air t

The federal government shutdown is more than three weeks long, now the second-longest in US history. What is the longest on record? What to know

WASHINGTON ‒ One month into the federal government shutdown, United, Delta, American and Southwest airlines are each calling on Congress to approve a Republican-backed “clean” funding bill to reopen the government. The Oct. 30 statements from the ...

The US government shutdown has entered its fifth week and there is no clear end in sight. With Democrats and Republicans deadlocked over passing a spending plan that would reopen federal agencies, millions of Americans are feeling economic pain that could soon grow worse.