SHUTDOWN SCARIES — There was a moment midway through House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark’s town hall in Waltham over the ...

Lawmakers are returning to Washington on Monday and seeking to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week. President ...

The United States is closing 83 percent of USAID programmess that do not meet Washington’s interests. The announcement was made by the head of the US State Department Marco Rubio on Monday.

The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress looked set to move ahead this week to keep the government funded and avert a partial ...

Shutting down the government is not an outcome President Trump wants. It is not an outcome Senate Republicans want. It costs money to shut down the government.

Funding for the federal government runs out at the end of Friday, and the race is on for Congress to avoid a shutdown.

House Republicans unveiled a spending bill Saturday that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, pushing ahead with a go-it-alone strategy that seems certain to spark a major ...

Donald Trump’s second presidency will take a novel path this week as he turns to Congress to enshrine part of his effort to ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that a government shutdown "could happen" if the House of Representatives cannot ...

President Donald Trump will meet with a group of House Republican hard-liners Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the White House to ...