Republicans appear set on ratcheting up the pain on Democrats in a push to force them to bend and back a bill to reopen the government. The administration signaled Wednesday it would follow through on ...

Last week, the White House Office of Management and Budget told federal agencies to consider layoffs, or reductions-in-force, ...

Follow news on the government shutdown after Congress fails to pass a federal budget plan. Trump has threatened mass layoffs ...

If the government shuts down next week, the White House said it will look for ways to permanently eliminate some federal workers, rather than just temporarily send them home on unpaid leave.

Protesting the direction of the country under President Donald Trump, people gathered Saturday in the nation’s capital and ...

The White House budget office says that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.

The Senate Democrats voted Tuesday almost in unison to defeat a House-passed bill to fund the government through Nov. 21, putting Washington on the brink of a government shutdown that could last for ...

Spending standoff: A White House meeting between President Trump and congressional leaders from both parties on Monday yielded no breakthroughs as the government faced a 12:01 a.m. Wednesday deadline ...

Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, spoke with reporters hours before the shutdown.Credit...Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times The government shut down on Wednesday morning at 12:01 a.m., amid a ...