Who is affected by a government shutdown? See how it affects Social Security and other programs and what actions you can take ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is gearing up for a vote on Tuesday on a bill, which, if approved, will avert a partial government shutdown during the first 100 days of President Donald Trump's ...

White House officials on May 2 released a “skinny” budget plan with broad funding goals for the year, but said a detailed ...

A partial government shutdown this weekend could delay troops' paychecks at the start of the new year and shutter some base recreation activities just before Christmas, yielding a stressful ...

Hortman said now that this week has been ruled out for a special session, the next deadline might be to finish before June 1, ...

Lawmakers voted 217-213 for the short-term fiscal year 2025 spending bill, known as a “continuing resolution” or CR, to avert a partial government shutdown at 11:59 p.m. ET Friday. Libertarian ...

Democrats have been opposed to what Johnson called a “clean” resolution, but to reject the measure would put the nation at risk of a partial government shutdown. Congress must act by midnight ...

Even if a shutdown doesn’t affect your finances directly, it can impact the economy. For example, during the five-week partial government shutdown that ended in January 2019, the Congressional ...

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