The stopgap bill, which would extend government funding until Nov. 21, was defeated after a 49-45 vote. It required 60 votes ...

The Senate is expected to vote on Thursday for the 10th time on a budget package but most signs point to the shutdown ...

The government shutdown is in its third week as the Senate failed again to advance a House-passed measure to fund the ...

The federal government has officially shut down after a deadlocked Congress failed to pass a funding measure to keep the ...

Healthcare funding exclusions emerged as a key sticking point for the mainly Democratic senators who opposed the Republicans’ H.R. 5371 funding bill.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The threat of a U.S. government shutdown surged on Friday, as the U.S. Senate rejected a short-term ...

The Senate has failed to pass a measure that would reopen the government and allow federal workers to be paid.

The US Senate will vote for the 10th time on a short-term government funding bill on October 16, needing 60 votes. A Defense ...

The government shutdown is now the third-longest funding lapse in modern history, and the Senate won't meet until Monday.

"Every additional day this shutdown goes on, our communities are growing more at risk of a major disaster," Rafael Lemaitre, ...

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday failed for the eighth time to pass legislation that would end the government shutdown that is now ...

Hundreds of people at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have received layoff notices, and work at many ...