The U.S. federal government shut down at 12:01 a.m. EDT on October 1, 2025. This happened because Congress and the President could not agre...

The federal government shut down Wednesday amid a bitter spending deadlock between President Trump and Democrats over healthcare funding. D...

President Trump is scheduled to meet with Democratic leaders Schumer and Jeffries this week to address the looming threat of a federal gove...

With a March 14 deadline approaching, the US government faces a potential shutdown due to president Trump's push to freeze federal funding ...

Nearly $6 billion in U.S. aid for Ukraine will expire at the end of the month unless Congress extends the Pentagon's authority to send weap...

With the clock ticking down to the 11:59 pm Friday deadline, the Senate voted by 69 to 28 to keep the lights on until February 18 with a re...

While households are spending now, perhaps using what's left of money from the $2.3 trillion package passed by Congress in March, "the risk...

El-Erian called Trump's pledge to increase infrastructure spending “low-hanging fruit,“ noting that Obama had a similar goal but struggled ...

The deadline of October 17, 2013 to increase the US debt ceiling in order to avoid an unprecedented default on US government debt is fast a...

Appealing to the opposition to end the deadlock, Obama said, "Take that vote. Stop this farce. End this shutdown now."

Appealing to the opposition to end the deadlock, Obama said, "Take that vote. Stop this farce. End this shutdown now."

India must have a "contingency plan" in place to ring-fence the country's economy if the political showdown in the US leads to a default.

About 800,000 federal workers were told to stay at home while national parks, museums, govt buildings and services shutdown as a result of ...

The Republicans and Democrats failed to strike a deal before a midnight deadline on spending and budget due to differences over 'Obamacare'.

With DMK showing the green flag, government today indicated it was not averse to voting in Parliament on the FDI in retail, a move that cou...

"What we are seeing is a political theatre – the BJP is using this occasion to get on the front page of newspapers every single day by call...

Nepal's lawmakers on Thursday elected Jhalanath Khanal as the country's new prime minister, ending a damaging seven-month leadership vacuum...