Across Washington, Officials Brace for Government Shutdown With salary advances and staff reshuffles, lawmakers and federal agencies are preparing for a lapse in government funding that is ...

Washington braces for a government shutdown — as DOGE cuts continue. The White House would have broad power to decide which agencies stay open if funding lapses. Updated March 13, 2025.

The possibility of a government shutdown is looming large. House Republicans are feuding over a stopgap funding bill meant to keep the government running after the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30.

WASHINGTON−The country is four days away from a federal government shutdown that could impact millions of Americans, as infighting among House Republicans has so far prevented Congress from ...

FILE – A sign reading “Because of the Federal Government SHUTDOWN All National Parks are Closed” is posted on a barricade in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Oct. 1, 2013.

Government shutdown deadlines - and even full-on shutdowns - aren’t new for Washington, but this time, with federal funding set to run out Saturday after midnight, no one knows quite what to expect.

Why Washington is getting nervous about a shutdown. Washington is growing increasingly worried about the potential for a government shutdown — and what devastation it could bring.

When the government shut down for 34 days in late 2018 and early 2019, federal workers lined up at food banks. The prospect of a shutdown also concerns thousands of federal contractors and people ...

There hasn't been a government shutdown since 2019 — under the Trump administration. That 35-day budget standoff cost the U.S. economy an estimated $3 billion, according to the Congressional ...

Government shutdown deadlines — and even full-on shutdowns — aren’t new for Washington, but this time, with federal funding set to run out Saturday after midnight, no one knows quite what to ...