Democrats said the petition drive could force a government shutdown even if voters end up rejecting it in a referendum, but ...

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 ...

With the threat of a government shutdown averted after the Senate passed a government funding bill Friday, Washington and the nation can breathe a sigh of relief. But in the aftermath, Senate ...

But the threat of big reductions in future remain. The US government averted a shutdown late last week after President Donald Trump signed into law a spending agreement that is likely to lock in ...

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The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.

Anger was rising in the Democratic ranks Saturday after the party's top US senator led a band of lawmakers in reluctant support of a Republican measure that prevented a government shutdown.

(CNN) — The finances of low-income Americans are getting worse, and more shoppers are going without basic necessities. That’s according to Dollar General, whose “core customers” earn less ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday signed into law a six-month funding bill, averting a government shutdown. In a post on X, White House Spokesperson Harrison Fields said Trump signed the ...

AFP The United States averted a government shutdown with hours to spare Friday as lawmakers already reeling from President Donald Trump's radical federal spending cuts voted to keep the lights on ...

The Senate minority leader, Democrat Chuck Schumer, and nine others broke with their colleagues to vote to advance the bill to its final Friday evening vote. Two Democrats - Senator Jeanne Shaheen ...