It’s too early to blink, but the pressure is slowly beginning to rise. The government shutdown drama is still in its opening act with Democrats and Republicans each heaping blame on the other side.

Howard Patterson stood outside the Wright Cycle Company — part of the national park complex dedicated to the aviation pioneers who honed their mechanical skills repairing bicycles in Dayton — on ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he’s working to determine which "Democrat" agencies will face cuts after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement on a government funding package.

It’s the first day of the U.S. government partial shutdown, but how long will it last? A few days? A few weeks? While only Capitol Hill and the White House can answer that question, that’s not ...

We now live in a nation where constitutional rights exist in theory, not in practice. Yet what good are rights on paper when every branch of government is ...

At 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday, the federal government entered its first shutdown since 2018, after two competing funding proposals, one from Democrats and another from Republicans, failed in the ...

Consumers are facing many hidden consequences due to the government shutdown. At midnight on October 1, 2025, the U.S. government shut down. Lawmakers were unable to agree on appropriations ...

The U.S. Senate reached a tentative agreement on Nov. 9 aimed at reopening the federal government and funding several agencies and programs, including food aid and veterans' benefits. The agreed-to ...

The government shutdown began on Tuesday. Social Security payments to more than 74 million Americans will stay on schedule during the government shutdown, a spokesperson for the Social Security ...

Once again, Washington finds itself in a completely avoidable mess. The federal government is shut down, not because Republicans refused to act, but because Democrats chose politics over people. House ...

As the government shutdown approaches its fourth week, WSJ’s Anna Wilde Mathews breaks down why Democrats want to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies and who would be affected by them expiring. Photo ...