Amid Democratic warring over Schumer’s decision not to block the CR, 10 Senate Democrats voted to allow the GOP’s stopgap funding bill.

The Senate passed a Republican-backed bill to fund the government, sending the measure to President Donald Trump’s desk ahead of a midnight funding deadline. The bill, which would fund the government ...

Schumer understood things could get much worse for federal employees and congressional Democrats during a shutdown.

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 ...

WASHINGTON – Ten Senate Democrats joined with most of their GOP colleagues on Friday to advance a government funding bill, averting a partial shutdown of major federal services beginning at ...

The last government shutdown was averted in late December 2024, despite resistance from then-President-elect Trump and supporter Elon Musk. One of the longest government shutdowns on record began ...

A government shutdown was averted just hours before the Friday 11:59 p.m. deadline after enough Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., helped Republicans defeat the ...

Curtis' bill would create a baseline budget that restarts each fiscal year at the prior year’s spending levels unless altered ...

Happy Friday. The potential government shutdown has been averted. The Democratic rage and recriminations have not been. Here's what you should know. The Senate on Friday passed a House Republican ...

Stock indexes Friday traded higher as a US government shutdown on March 15 appeared unlikely after Senate Democratic leader Schumer said Thursday night that he will not block the Republican ...

It's likely the US government will avert a debilitating shutdown on Saturday, said Sen. Ted Cruz. "I think it's probably not going to happen. I think we're gonna see the Democrats cave," Cruz (R ...