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The Senate passed a measure to avert a shutdown on Friday. But with the House on recess, funding for broad stretches of the ...

Yes, the government shut down again at midnight because Congress didn’t pass a budget on time. The shooting deaths this month of two U.S. citizens, Alex Pretti and Renée Good, by federal agents in ...

In January 2018, a dispute over immigration protections resulted in a weekend shutdown. Some federal workers were furloughed or worked without pay. Benefits such as Social Security and Medicare were ...

A partial U.S. federal government shutdown officially began early Saturday after lawmakers missed the funding deadline, but ...

The Senate passed a deal on a package of spending bills late Friday, sending it to the House, though funding for dozens of ...

The Senate passed a deal between Democrats and the White House to fund the government, but the House won’t vote until Monday.

President Donald Trump acted quickly to negotiate with Democratic senators on a deal to avert a government shutdown.

The Senate voted Friday to fund most of the government through the end of September after President Trump made a deal with Democrats to carve out Homeland Security funding and allow Congress to debate ...

A partial government shutdown looms as the Senate remains divided over spending bills. But how would a shutdown affect Illinois tax refunds?

Democrats are pushing to strip money for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, from a ...