Iran ground to a near standstill Wednesday as businesses, universities and government offices closed under a government-ordered shutdown amid protests caused by a growing political and economic crisis ...

American flags fly in front of the U.S. Capitol at sunrise, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP This story is part of CT Mirror Explains, an ongoing effort to ...

It’s looking like there’s not much appetite on Capitol Hill to allow funding to lapse past the Jan. 30 deadline. Shaheen said in a statement to Seacoastonline that Congress is making progress on a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just a couple months after the longest-ever government shutdown ended, another is looming at the end of the month if Congress ...

The record-setting government shutdown of 2025 brought canceled flights for travelers, caused missed paychecks for federal workers and took a bite out of economic growth. Are all these things and more ...

Top lawmakers in Congress released three bipartisan spending bills on Monday, Jan. 5, that they're aiming to pass before the end of the month to avoid another government shutdown. On the heels of the ...

The House will return from a holiday break to face sagas that have vexed the chamber for months. Debates on health care and attempts to revive expired ObamaCare subsidies will stretch into January and ...

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have unveiled a new spending bill totaling at least $174 billion that could get a vote in the House of Representatives as early as this week. It’s a significant step toward ...

Washington — Lawmakers return to Washington this week, staring down an end-of-month deadline to avert another government shutdown. The next funding fight comes fresh off a revolt from moderate ...

Congress is less than a month away from another potential government shutdown, and pressure is mounting on Democratic leaders to have another showdown with President Trump over health care costs and ...

Congress was already set to return this week to a slew of bitter policy fights and the threat of another government shutdown at the end of the month. Now, lawmakers must confront enormous questions of ...