Because there was a sense of inevitability about the 5.30pm vote on the Republican funding Bill, there was a sense of pageantry too. First came the Democrat-tabled Continuing Appropriations and ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The Michigan legislature has officially passed its deadline to pass a budget for the 2026 fiscal year, with both chambers adjourning moments before clock ticked over to ...

President Trump is threatening to cut thousands of government jobs if Democrats don't agree to Republicans' proposal. FBI investigates hunting stand with sight line to Trump's Air Force One exit area ...

The industrial estate was evacuated. The cause of an explosion which sparked a huge fire in Swindon is believed to have been accidental. Two blasts occurred in quick succession on the evening of ...

The U.S. is under its first federal government shutdown in nearly seven years after Senate Democrats rejected a Republican-backed bill to keep funding the government. Government funding legislation ...

Economist and University of Ghana professor, Godfred Bokpin, has criticised African leaders for impressing global audiences with eloquent speeches while failing to implement meaningful reforms at home ...

The federal government began to shut down at 12 a.m. on Wednesday as lawmakers failed to resolve a dispute over spending, leading to the first lapse in funding in nearly seven years. A House-passed ...

After a Senate vote late Tuesday night along mostly party lines failed to pass a “clean” Continuing Resolution (CR) that would fund the government through November 21st, the federal government shut ...

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The federal government has shut down after Democrats and Republicans failed to find compromise and pass a stop gap funding measure. The shutdown happened at 9:01 p.m. Pacific time after Democrat and ...