Trump needs Senate Democrats’ votes, but they are still weighing whether to use this rare point of leverage and risk taking ...

Senate Democrats have vowed to shut down the federal government rather than support a House-approved budget resolution to ...

With a shutdown deadline approaching, Democrats want a continuing resolution to extend government funding through April 11.

Democrats have argued that the shutdown fight is an opportunity to push back on Elon Musk-backed agency spending and staff ...

They can either vote to support a House GOP stopgap measure they’ve been criticizing, or the federal government will shut ...

The Democratic grappling reflects a larger question confronting the party: When to fight and when to fall in line?

A measure to keep the government funded and avert a shutdown passes in the House but has only a few days to pass in the ...

In the case of a government shutdown, those workers are put on leave because there isn't money budgeted for their job. The ...

Donald Trump just convinced dozens of Republican hardliners to do what House speakers from John Boehner to Kevin McCarthy ...

Democrats aren't used to voting against keeping the government open. But DOGE and the Trump administrations early moves are ...

Government shutdowns occur when the federal government stops all or some of its operations because of a funding gap.

Sen. Tim Sheehy joins The Lead ...