Democrats were stuck between two choices they despised: Vote for a funding bill that reflects Republican spending priorities and will give Trump and his allies more leeway to dismantle the federal ...

Government shutdown deadlines — and even full-on shutdowns — aren’t new for Washington, but this time, with federal funding set to run out Saturday after midnight, no one knows quite what to ...

The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.

District leaders say that a proposed cut to the city budget, part of a plan to avert a federal government shutdown, is unfair. The city raises most of its own money but cannot control how it is spent.

Washington averted a government shutdown after an up-and-down week saw House Republicans offering a united front and resistant Democrats cornered. The key moment on Friday was an early evening ...

You’re reading the Prompt 2025 newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox. On Friday, Senate Democrats were at each other’s throats in Washington ahead of a cloture vote on a continuing ...

Washington — Congress is staring down a deadline to fund the government by the end of the week, as the familiar threat of a shutdown looms over Washington. Lawmakers have until the end of the ...

The 99-page bill would provide a slight boost to defense programs while trimming nondefense programs below 2024 budget year ...

The Democratic Party appears fractured as a torrent of frustration and anger has been unleashed on Senate Democratic Leader ...

The Senate confirmed several Trump administration nominees, including former Oregon Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer to serve as Labor Secretary and passed a bill to permanently classify ...