Massachusetts budget writers gathered on Beacon Hill Tuesday to discuss a bleak reality: the state faces “a challenging ...

The Senate majority leader said on "Meet the Press" that Republicans aren't budging on their short-term bill and that ...

Usually during a shutdown, the government furloughs (temporarily lays off) employees, and then rehires them when a spending ...

The unofficial fifth branch of government is composed of so-called self-regulatory organizations. It needs to go.

Koppal: G Manjunath, a junior assistant officer at the Bhagyanagar branch of the Karnataka Handloom Development Corporation, ...

Ahead of the looming government shutdown​, the Department of Housing and Urban Development posted a banner in large font on ...

In past shutdowns, hundreds of thousands of federal workers, those deemed nonessential, have been furloughed or sent home ...

Congress’ failure to pass a short-term government funding bill before midnight Tuesday will lead to the first shutdown in ...

The government funding deadline is Sept. 30. Here's what happens if a deal isn't reached and there is a government shutdown.

The government shutdown means further disruption for the U.S. Education Department, which has seen half of its employees laid ...