The Latest Breaking News on Senate poised for compromise to avert government shutdown as House GOP infighting continues

White House is warning of the human cost of a potential government shutdown to draw attention to what they describe as the direct consequences of Republican rule

Far-right conservatives offer McCarthy his greatest test as Speaker with shutdown budget demands

The House GOP set up debate on four full-year spending bills, but a stopgap is needed to keep the government fully operating past Sept. 30.

U.S. lawmakers have less than ten days to come up with a spending bill to fund the U.S. government or risk a shutdown. An extended shutdown could roil the U.S. economy, which already must contend with an ongoing autoworkers strike, soaring gasoline prices, higher interest rates, and the restart of...