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.

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(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 ...

The Senate passed a bill Friday that will fund the government through September and avert a shutdown. Some Democratic ...