The federal government began to shut down at 12 a.m. on Wednesday as lawmakers failed to resolve a dispute over spending, leading to the first lapse in funding in nearly seven years. A House-passed ...

PBS NEWSHOUR: NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including the federal government shutdown reaching ...

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Senate Democrats held firm and chose to block a Republican spending bill Tuesday evening, guaranteeing a government shutdown — even as President Donald Trump threatened “irreversible” layoffs if the ...

The first government shutdown in nearly seven years has now entered its second day. It's not clear when the impasse between congressional Democrats and Republicans over a funding bill to reopen the ...

S.D., continues pushing House-passed continuing resolution while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., demands ...

In the second week of the government shutdown, both sides are fully in the midst of playing the blame game, trying to convince voters that the other side is responsible for the government coming to a ...

The Senate Democrats voted Tuesday almost in unison to defeat a House-passed bill to fund the government through Nov. 21, putting Washington on the brink of a government shutdown that could last for ...

The shutdown began at midnight on Wednesday after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement on legislation to fund the government. Democrats are seeking an extension of health care tax ...

The history of government shutdowns began in earnest in the nineteen-eighties. Even then, they were typically short and often revolved around a handful of issues. Not that there even was an issue all ...