What are the odds of a government shutdown this week? As the Senate tees up a vote, here's the latest chances, odds and predictions.

Thousands of businesses that contract with the federal government are losing $3 billion a week, a new report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce found. Unlike federal employees, contractors are not legally guaranteed back pay when the government returns to ...

With bipartisan congressional talks to end the U.S. government shutdown bogging down on Friday, the hit to the national economy is growing, experts said. "Even if there is a reopening of the government in the next couple of weeks, you're going to see a ...

President Trump rapidly launched his efforts to overhaul the federal government and upend the norms of the civil service in his first year back in the White House, but in many ways those activities are still pending resolution. The Trump administration ...

Federal workers who were furloughed during the 43-day-long U.S. government shutdown could begin seeing back pay arrive in their bank accounts in the coming days. "There really has been an aggressive effort to get people to get their checks as soon as ...

The standoff began in late September as lawmakers faced a deadline to fund the government by the start of a new fiscal year on Oct. 1. House Republicans passed a short-term funding measure on Sept. 19 to keep the government funded at existing levels until ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Talks intensified Tuesday toward a potential end to the government shutdown, as the federal closure was on track to become the longest ever, disrupting the lives of millions of Americans. Huge cache of Epstein documents includes ...

The 2025 government shutdown is hours away from breaking a record to be the longest-ever in history. The prior record was held by the 2018-2019 government shutdown during President Donald Trump's first term. Trump signed legislation ending that shutdown in ...

The House on Wednesday passed a bill to reopen the government, sending it to President Trump’s desk and setting up the end of the longest shutdown in U.S. history. That vote came after eight members of the Senate Democratic caucus cut a deal with ...

President Trump formally brought the longest government shutdown in history to an end on Wednesday night when he signed a funding bill to reopen the government, which had been shuttered for a record-setting 43 days. The bill was passed by the House of ...