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.

A House Republican plan to keep the federal government open past Friday by putting most agencies' funding on autopilot ...

It is getting to be a regular occurrence. The U.S. Treasury runs out of money and warns Congress that they need more.

The Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives plan to vote on Tuesday on a six-month stopgap funding bill to ...