Schumer, however — along with nine other Democrats — declined to block the GOP bill, saying they believed that allowing the ...

The finances of low-income Americans are getting worse, and more shoppers are going without basic necessities. That’s ...

During a government shutdown, all government workers deemed nonessential are furloughed until a deal is reached to reopen the government. Essential workers are expected to keep working without pay ...

Large swaths of the U.S. government would be forced to stop operating at midnight on March 14 if Congress does not pass ...

So while we watch the process play out in Washington, D.C. – at the time of writing, a spending bill was heading to the U.S.

Economists told Newsweek that the shutdown could spark further concerns about the long-term stability of the U.S. economy.

The moves came after Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the US Senate, signalled his support for a Republican stop-gap ...

The House passed a measure to keep the government funded, but the shutdown threat is still present because the bill may lack ...