The standoff began in late September as lawmakers faced a deadline to fund the government by the start of a new fiscal year on Oct. 1. House Republicans passed a short-term funding measure on Sept. 19 to keep the government funded at existing levels until ...

Federal workers who were furloughed during the 43-day-long U.S. government shutdown could begin seeing back pay arrive in their bank accounts in the coming days. "There really has been an aggressive effort to get people to get their checks as soon as ...

The House on Wednesday passed a bill to reopen the government, sending it to President Trump’s desk and setting up the end of the longest shutdown in U.S. history. That vote came after eight members of the Senate Democratic caucus cut a deal with ...

The Trump administration laid out its plans to “end weaponized government” in its new management agenda released Monday. The latest President’s Management Agenda includes goals to eliminate “woke” programs, downsize the government workforce and ...

The Senate passed the first stage of a deal that would end the U.S. government shutdown, which began on Oct. 1. A procedural measure that allows other votes on the agreement to be held on Monday was approved by a minimum of 60 yes votes, after eight ...

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers had been furloughed or working without pay since the government shut down on Oct. 1. After the White House and Congress finally resolved the record-breaking standoff Wednesday, federal employees are poised to return ...

• All eyes on the House: The House Rules Committee has voted on party lines to advance the Senate-passed package to reopen the government. GOP leaders are hopeful the legislation could pass on Wednesday, before it is sent to President Donald Trump to be ...

President Trump formally brought the longest government shutdown in history to an end on Wednesday night when he signed a funding bill to reopen the government, which had been shuttered for a record-setting 43 days. The bill was passed by the House of ...

The root cause of the nation’s longest government shutdown – and the next one, and the one after that – isn’t ideological extremism or hyper-partisanship on their own. It’s the incentives created by the outsized influence of party primary elections.

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is officially over after President Trump signed a bill passed by Congress on Wednesday night. The federal government is reopening. But after 43 days on pause, things may not return to business as usual right ...

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