• Shutdown-related firings begin: More than 4,000 federal employees have been given layoff notices as the shutdown is ongoing, the Trump administration revealed in a court filing. President Donald ...

• Shutdown-related firings begin: More than 4,000 federal employees have been given layoff notices as the shutdown is ongoing, the Trump administration revealed in a court filing. President Donald ...

The federal government remains shut down after a deadlocked Congress failed again today to reach a funding deal.

The federal government shutdown is now nearing the one-week mark, with no end to the impasse in sight. Follow for live updates.

Bondi continuously deflected questions from Democrats on controversial issues, including the Jeffery Epstein files, prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey and legal rationale for using the ...

The federal government has officially shut down for the first time in six years after a deadlocked Congress failed to pass a ...

The government has now been shut down since October 1, with no end in sight. While the House has passed a stopgap bill that ...

With less than 48 hours to go, Vice President JD Vance said today he believes a government shutdown will happen amid an impasse on how to keep funding flowing.

• No votes tonight: The Senate won’t vote on any government funding bills this evening. That means the shutdown will continue into tomorrow, when another round of votes on proposals to reopen the ...

The last shutdown started on December 22, 2018, and went until January 25, 2019 — 35 days, making it the longest government shutdown.

• The latest: Two proposals to fund the government — one from Democrats, one from Republicans — both failed in the Senate tonight. The government shutdown is now poised to slide into its seventh day ...