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President Donald Trump on Monday urged House lawmakers to end the partial government shutdown that began over the weekend, as Speaker Mike Johnson faces razor-thin margins and mounting resistance on a critical funding bill from both progressive Democrats ... See more

The federal government is poised to enter a partial shutdown just after midnight on Friday, a lapse that lawmakers in both parties say is likely to last only through the weekend. The expected shutdown comes even as the Senate was moving Friday evening to ... See more

In the 1980s, the U.S. negotiated the exile of world leaders like Haiti’s Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier to France and Ferdinand Marcos from the Philippines to Hawaii. Now, President Donald Trump wants Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro out of power. Ma... See more

A government shutdown could force as many as 750,000 federal employees off the job each day, at a cost of roughly $400 million in lost compensation, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in a new report . The projections, sent to lawmakers on T... See more

With federal funding set to expire on Wednesday, Democrats are facing one of their biggest tests of the Trump era: whether to risk a government shutdown to secure major health care concessions, or accept a Republican stopgap bill . Few are pushing Democra... See more