Carl Hulse and Catie Edmondson

Lawmakers bought time for talks, but heading off another shutdown threat early next year will be difficult. And a separate funding measure for Israel, Ukraine...

Irate over a bipartisan measure to prevent a government shutdown, far-right Republicans blocked a separate spending bill, forcing the House to leave for Thanksgiving without...

The House could take up the proposal as early as Tuesday. With growing opposition from House Republicans, it will need Democrats’ backing.

After a historic vote to remove the speaker, lawmakers departed Washington on Tuesday night with the House of Representatives in chaos and no clear sense...

A compromise in Congress averted a government shutdown, but battles over federal spending remain ahead.

There was no clear path forward in the House to keep the government funded after hard-right Republicans defeated a stopgap measure and the speaker refused...

An agreement between Senate Republicans and Democrats would keep agencies open through mid-November. But House Republicans are likely to balk.

Senators of both parties are debating whether to include new military assistance for the fight against Russia in any stopgap spending bill to keep the...

With a potential default just over a week away, the House speaker is maintaining pressure for a rollback in spending in exchange for raising the...

With Social Security and Medicare off the table, conservatives are focusing on a wide range of smaller programs as a clash with President Biden and...