Hakeem Jeffries said he and Mike Johnson talked about the shutdown this week, but each leader characterized the other as ...

The U.S. government shutdown is costing about $7 billion per month that won’t be recovered when it reopens, according to the ...

The last time the government was shut down was in Trump's first term. The shutdown in 2018-19 lasted 35 days. The current ...

Some lawmakers worry that the impasse is ceding their authority over federal spending to an increasingly assertive president.

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The US government said funds for Snap, a benefit used by more than 40 million Americans, will stop 1 November because of the ...