A familiar scene has played out over and over in the U.S. House: Republicans, unable to approve federal funding ...

Lifelong Edgewater resident Steven Ramsey, along with about 40 other laid off and furloughed USAID employees, gathered in the shadow of the 51-foot, jet-black steel and aluminum structure in the ...

Senate Democrats are still not committing to helping Republicans pass a seven-month funding stopgap, edging the country ...

After Speaker of the House Mike Johnson succeeded in pushing a stopgap spending measure through his chamber Tuesday, Senate ...

Councilmember-At-Large Robert White has been rallying U.S. senators to save more than a billion dollars in cuts to D.C.'s budget.

The House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies ...

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal to fund the government, heightening the alert for a potential government ...

Congressional leaders exchanged sharp criticisms Wednesday as the federal government faces a potential shutdown within days, highlighting the partisan divide over spending priorities and negotiation ...

President Donald Trump's reckless tariff policies are threatening to drive the economy into a ditch—and Congress just made it ...

Maryland and Virginia senators have said they would oppose the spending bill to keep the government open. Republicans need 60 ...

Senate Democrats have vowed to shut down the federal government rather than support a House-approved budget resolution to avert a pending government shutdown at the end of the day Friday.