The Latest Breaking News from Government Shutdown

IN THE PRESS – Monday, October 2: After a last-minute budget deal avoided another possible government shutdown in the United States, Republican infighting about the House speaker's future could end up benefiting Democrats. We also take a look at why Slovakia's elections are just the latest development suggesting unconditional Western…

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Monday told a joint press briefing with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba that he had proposed a new €5 billion bilateral envelope to Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the meeting of all 27 EU foreign ministers in Kyiv that victory 'directly depends…

Chicago Rep. Mike Quigley, co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, was the only Democrat to vote against the stopgap measure averting a government shutdown.

The agreement reveals the faultlines in US politics

Congress has passed a stopgap measure, but will lawmakers agree on detailed spending bills for the entire fiscal year?

The threat of a federal government shutdown suddenly lifted late Saturday as President Joe Biden signed a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open with little time to spare after Congress rushed to approve the bipartisan deal.

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is sounding the alarm about the damage a government shutdown could do to the U.S. economy. "It's really reckless and will impose immediate harm," Yellen told NPR.

Head Start programs serving more than 10,000 disadvantaged children would immediately lose federal funding if the government shutdown isn't averted

The looming government shutdown threatens to claw its way into a crowd-pleasing Alaska tradition: Fat Bear Week

The U.S. is on the brink of a federal government shutdown