The standoff began in late September as lawmakers faced a deadline to fund the government by the start of a new fiscal year on Oct. 1. House Republicans passed a short-term funding measure on Sept. 19 ...

The federal government has quietly relaunched a secret project that was first created more than two decades ago. Officials ...

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers had been furloughed or working without pay since the government shut down on Oct. 1. After the White House and Congress finally resolved the record-breaking ...

The House on Wednesday passed a bill to reopen the government, sending it to President Trump’s desk and setting up the end of the longest shutdown in U.S. history. That vote came after eight members ...

WASHINGTON – The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has come to an end after 43 days. President Donald Trump signed legislation on Wednesday night from the White House that reopens the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tour group passes the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 13. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) (Andrew ...

The government shutdown is over. But hundreds of thousands of federal workers are coming back after 43 days to anything but normalcy, employees from across the country told CNN. Flight delays and ...

America’s emotional divide over the federal government has never been wider, according to a new Pew Research Center survey showing record-high anger among Democrats, rising Republican contentment and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON (AP) — Approval of the way President Donald Trump is managing the government has dropped sharply since early in his ...

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is officially over after President Trump signed a bill passed by Congress on Wednesday night. The federal government is reopening. But after 43 days on ...