• Shutdown-related firings begin: White House budget chief Russell Vought announced the government has started firing federal workers as the shutdown drags on. So far, it appears the Departments of ...

We look at where the willingness among Democrats and Republicans is to end the government shutdown, as well as U.S. strikes on alleged cartel boats in the Caribbean. We're joined now by NPR senior ...

More than seven days into the sweeping government shutdown with no end in sight, the Senate rejected Democratic and Republican plans to reopen the government. The failure to pass a funding package ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he’s working to determine which "Democrat" agencies will face cuts after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement on a government funding package.

WASHINGTON ‒ The federal government is on track to reopen after the longest shutdown in U.S. history, but final votes are still needed in the Senate and then the House to end the 41-day impasse. The ...

The U.S. Capitol building. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images) When the federal government ran out of money on Oct. 1, the consensus in Washington, D.C., was that it was likely the start of one of ...

FIRST ON FOX: The House Freedom Caucus is holding an event this week aimed at praying for an end to political violence as well as those affected by the ongoing government shutdown. The conservative ...

Saint Augustine There is an ancient saying, attributed to Aesop: “We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to ...

The 13th Senate vote to end the shutdown failed 54-45. Most Democrats are still refusing to support any legislation that doesn’t restore cuts to Medicaid and extend expiring subsidies under the ...

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MSNBC join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the government shutdown showing no signs of ending quickly, President ...

The 41-day-long government shutdown isn't over, even though the Senate took the first steps to passing funding that would buy Congress time until Jan. 30 to to pass a budget. If the Senate passes the ...

Our live coverage of the government shutdown has ended for the day. Read more here or in the posts below. The American Federation of Government Employees and the American Federation of State, County ...