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

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

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

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 ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the programs “spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States.” ...

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

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 ...

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

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

House Republicans unveiled a spending bill Saturday that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, pushing ahead ...