The shutdown began a few days before Christmas in 2018 and dragged on for weeks. It was the longest government shutdown in U.S. history ‒ 35 days. Paychecks owed to more than 40,000 Coast Guard ...

Millions of Americans are planning to travel in the coming days. Here's what a potential government shutdown could mean for flying, driving and more — and what you can do to prepare.

A partial government shutdown began at 12:01 on Saturday morning after Congress failed to pass a stopgap spending measure before the deadline and send it to President Biden's desk. However, the ...

A government shutdown would lead to federal employees being furloughed during Christmas and the holiday season. It would ...

WASHINGTON – A federal shutdown scheduled to begin at midnight Friday, just days before Christmas and Hanukkah, would mark the fourth time during Donald Trump’s reign as leader of the GOP that ...

If the government shuts down days before Christmas, holiday travel could be hit but holiday shipping spared. By Friday morning, lawmakers were still scrambling to reach a deal that would avoid a U ...

America is hours away from a holiday season government shutdown courtesy of Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Everyone knew the president-elect and his new super-disrupter buddy were going to cause ...

Congress averted a government shutdown 40 days before the 2024 elections, but they’ll face another funding deadline on Dec. 20. Lawmakers bought themselves some time before the elections, but ...

Congress grapples over pre-Christmas catch-all deal as government shutdown looms. Top lawmakers had aimed to release bill text over the weekend but hit an impasse over agriculture aid.

A government shutdown could snarl plans for tens of millions of Americans traveling for the December holidays if Congress fails on Friday to pass ... with Christmas Day falling on a ...

Unless Congress passes a funding bill before 12:01 a.m. Friday, the federal government will run out of money, prompting a decidedly unmerry shutdown. Outside a few Grinches, nobody in Washington ...

Congress averted a government shutdown 40 days before the 2024 elections, but they’ll face another funding deadline on Dec. 20. Story by Scott Wong and Syedah Asghar and Frank Thorp V • 3w ...