Languages: English. The U.S. is less than 12 hours away from a government shut down, if Congress is unable to pass a spending bill before midnight. Government funding is set to lapse on Friday ...

On Saturday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: A government shutdown has been averted. USA TODAY Economy Reporter Rachel Barber takes a closer look at what's actually going on amid economic ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a ...

So this long and terrible week is finally over. Chuck Schumer got what he wanted and there will be no government shutdown. We’ll never know what would have happened had it gone the other way ...

The Senate passed a bill to keep the federal government funded through September Friday evening, avoiding a partial shutdown that would have begun at midnight. Ten Democrats joined with all but ...

One last bit of pre-election lawmaking is now complete after Congress staved off a shutdown and funded the government for three months. "I want to thank both houses of Congress," President Joe ...

almost certainly averting a government shutdown, with multiple Senate Democrats—including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.—voting to advance the bill despite backlash from House ...

Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown, but the chaos that unfolded this week reminded lawmakers of what’s to come in Trump’s second term. Congress approved a last-minute bill to ...

The Senate voted 54-46 to approve a stopgap spending bill known as a continuing resolution, or CR, on Friday evening, just hours before a potential government shutdown would begin. The House ...

A government shutdown was averted just hours before the Friday 11:59 p.m. deadline after enough Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., helped Republicans defeat the ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters after passing the funding bill to avert the government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis ...