Parts of the federal government have effectively stopped operating after congressional leaders failed to strike a deal before the Oct. 1 shutdown deadline. Despite negotiation efforts, lawmakers could ...

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Congress blew past a midnight funding deadline, triggering the US government’s first shutdown in nearly seven years — and the third under President Donald Trump. The White House’s budget office ...

Prosecutors say members of the Somali diaspora, a group with growing political power, were largely responsible. President ...

After 43 days, the federal government shutdown that grounded flights, threatened food aid programs and forced tens of thousands of federal workers to miss multiple paychecks is now over. On the ...

US Shutdown: Following the Senate's approval, the partial shutdown that has been ongoing in the United States for the past 40 days has finally came to an end on Sunday night. The agreement reached ...

Shutdown ends after 43 days, longest in US history Fight over health subsidies unresolved Shutdown hurts economy, delays $50 billion in spending Nov 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. government is due to lumber ...