The first US shutdown occurred shortly after in 1981, when President Ronald Reagan vetoed a funding bill, and lasted for a ...

If the paychecks are delivered, it would be the second time the White House has avoided missing a pay period for troops ...

David French is an Opinion columnist, writing about law, culture, religion and armed conflict. He is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and a former constitutional litigator. His most recent book is ...

The last shutdown started on December 22, 2018, and went until January 25, 2019 — 35 days, making it the longest government ...

US president Donald Trump said ‘vast numbers’ of government workers could be sacked during the shutdown - Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu The US government shut down on Wednesday for the first time in nearly ...

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

The US Government has shut down for the first time since 2018 after a majority of Democrat senators refused to support Republican legislation that research suggests would result in higher healthcare ...

The Senate is to meet at 3 p.m. EDT Monday, but there's no plan to vote on a government funding bill on the 27th day of the ...

Roughly 1,400 workers at the National Nuclear Security Administration — a branch of the Department of Energy — will be sent home starting Monday.

Senators voted for a fourth time to reject spending bills to reopen the US government, meaning the shutdown will extend into ...