The stopgap measure would keep the government funded through Sept. 30. But Democratic leaders are opposed, and it’s unclear ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson of Louisiana is working with President Donald Trump to avert a government shutdown.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is looking to lock down the votes to pass his stopgap funding bill and avert a government shutdown by Friday’s deadline, as he works to keep the lights on in ...

The centrist House Democrats who House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) may need to avert a government shutdown are lining up ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled a yearlong government funding extension that sweetens the deal for Republicans in ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is facing a political minefield as he seeks to avoid a government shutdown in just 10 days, with ...

Congress has until 11:59 p.m. on Friday to pass legislation to keep the government funded. Otherwise, a majority of federal employees will go without pay or be forced to stop working and most ...

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Last week, a number of hard-line conservatives had said they wanted DOGE changes to be codified in the continuing resolution. But Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) shut down that idea over the weekend ...

Congressional Republicans and President Trump are set to tee up a stopgap spending vote on Tuesday that would avert ...

And that’s putting Schumer in a bind. The Senate minority leader and his House counterpart are both under pressure from within their party to do more to stop Trump and Elon Musk ’s unilateral cuts to ...

Centrist Democrats are keeping them guessing. Heading into Tuesday’s vote to fund the federal government, almost a dozen ...