The government shutdown is on track to extend into a third week. Congress remains deadlocked on a funding plan, and the Senate isn’t scheduled to hold any votes until Tuesday. Follow for live updates.

President Donald Trump said his administration has “identified funds” to pay military troops on October 15 as the government shutdown is headed into a third week. Follow for live news updates.

During the 2018-2019 shutdown, DC passed a similar measure to allow the city to issue marriage licenses. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski criticized the Trump administration’s moves to lay off federal ...

• No votes tonight: The Senate won’t vote on any government funding bills this evening. That means the shutdown will continue into tomorrow, when another round of votes on proposals to reopen the ...

• Attorney General Pam Bondi testified for a contentious 4 and a half hours before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. • Bondi continuously deflected questions from Democrats on controversial ...

Our live coverage of the government shutdown has ended for the day. Read more here or in the posts below. The American Federation of Government Employees and the American Federation of State, County ...

• Shutdown, day 4: Lawmakers left Washington for the weekend appearing no closer to a deal to fund the federal government. Democrats are at an impasse with Republicans and President Donald Trump over ...

The federal government remains shut down after a deadlocked Congress failed again today to reach a funding deal.

The government has now been shut down since October 1, with no end in sight. While the House has passed a stopgap bill that ...