Like any home or business, the federal government must pay its bills: Congress has little time to prevent a government ...

In the case of a government shutdown, those workers are put on leave because there isn't money budgeted for their job. The good news is that furloughed employees who are not allowed to work or who do ...

For the second time in less than four months, a government shutdown is looming with a matter of hours until a Friday night deadline.

The impact of a shutdown differs each time, and it’s unclear how agencies would handle it now, especially since Trump’s efforts to downsize the federal government has wreaked havoc on their ...

The federal government will shut down if a funding bill is not passed by the end of Friday. Illinois has over 40,000 federal civilian employees who could be working with pay, working without pay ...

KNXOVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The threat of a government shutdown is looming as lawmakers have a little over 24 hours to strike a deal. A government shutdown would mean any non-essential functions must ...

A shutdown could impact millions of Americans. Federal workers would be furloughed and not receive pay, while nonessential government functions would be put on pause. If passed, the CR would fund ...

A Washington, D.C., federal judge granted Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty a temporary restraining order in lawsuit against ...

In her ruling, Judge Lee H. Rosenthal of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas held that a student ...

Senate Democrats are expected to vote against a stopgap funding bill today, which means the federal government could shut down early Saturday. The Republican-controlled House approved the bill by ...