WASHINGTON — The federal government has shut down after lawmakers in Congress failed to strike a deal on a funding bill, forcing agencies to furlough their "non-essential" employees. Under the ...

Congress returns to vote on healthcare, Venezuela amid upcoming government shutdown deadline (CNN) - Lawmakers are returning ...

A sign indicating that the Federal Trade Commission is closed due to the government shutdown, Wednesday in Washington, D.C. (Al Drago/Getty Images) The U.S. government remained shut down as ...

When the government shut down for a few weeks in October 2013, then-President Barack Obama made sure to blame conservative Republicans for refusing to pass any short-term spending bill that included ...

Some lawmakers are donating their salaries. Nearly 4 in 10 members of the U.S. House of Representatives did not take their pay during the government shutdown, according to an ABC News survey of ...

A petition seeking to strip members of Congress of their salaries during the government shutdown has garnered over 97,000 signatures. The petition, launched by a Missouri resident named Joyce, ...

Congressional Democrats find themselves in an unusual position these days: cheering on a government shutdown. The party, known for its pro-government posture and defense of the federal workforce ...

Garret Martin is a Hurst senior professorial lecturer and the co-director of the Transatlantic Policy Center at the American University School of International Service. When it comes to shutdowns, the ...