The U.S. government is once again about a week away from a potential shutdown. But it’s different this time as President Donald Trump’s second term unfolds. While a full shutdown has been narrowly ...

A government shutdown occurs when Congress fails to approve new spending for federal agencies. The current spending law, which former President Joe Biden signed in December, expir ...

Republicans are pitching the strategy as a way of avoiding a politically damaging shutdown fight while giving President Trump ...

GOP senators told Musk about an obscure legislative tool that could bring legal heft to his effort and enshrine the cuts into ...

Large swaths of the U.S. government would be forced to stop operating at midnight on March 14 if Congress does not pass ...

BOSTON (AP) — A second federal judge on Thursday extended a block barring the Trump administration from freezing grants and ...

Full news and analysis of the federal government layoffs under President Trump and their impact on the government, the US workforce and the economy.

U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. said the attempt to pause trillions in federal spending "fundamentally undermines the distinct constitutional roles of each branch of our government." ...

"Here, the executive put itself above Congress," a federal judge wrote, issuing a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from freezing federal assistance.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson aims to hold a vote on Tuesday on a bill ...

House debate over a bill that would provide care for laid-off federal workers devolved Wednesday into a partisan squabble ...