WASHINGTON — The federal government has shut down after lawmakers in Congress failed to strike a deal on a funding bill, forcing agencies to furlough their "non-essential" employees. Under the ...

Brace for another government shutdown early in the new year, as the GOP’s narrow majorities and the Democratic base’s deep ...

A sign indicating that the Federal Trade Commission is closed due to the government shutdown, Wednesday in Washington, D.C. (Al Drago/Getty Images) The U.S. government remained shut down as Congress ...

A petition seeking to strip members of Congress of their salaries during the government shutdown has garnered over 97,000 signatures. The petition, launched by a Missouri resident named Joyce, argues ...

When the government shut down for a few weeks in October 2013, then-President Barack Obama made sure to blame conservative Republicans for refusing to pass any short-term spending bill that included ...

Some lawmakers are donating their salaries. Nearly 4 in 10 members of the U.S. House of Representatives did not take their pay during the government shutdown, according to an ABC News survey of ...

WASHINGTON — On Day 15 of the government shutdown, a U.S. senator hosted a well-attended birthday party for his bulldog. Dozens of Hill staffers lined up inside the Capitol on Wednesday to wish ...

Leading financial organizations representing banks and credit unions across the U.S. are calling on Congress to act quickly to end the ongoing government shutdown, citing growing risks to local ...

A handful of Democrats and Republicans are asking that their pay be withheld during the government shutdown, arguing that they should face the same consequences as federal workers and agents. Among ...

Garret Martin is a Hurst senior professorial lecturer and the co-director of the Transatlantic Policy Center at the American University School of International Service. When it comes to shutdowns, the ...

Many federal government employees will forgo paychecks if the government shuts down Oct. 1. But that won’t be the case for lawmakers, a liberal podcaster said. “If the government shuts down, members ...