The Latest Breaking News from Government Shutdown

Lawmakers have until midnight Friday to pass a bill or risk shutting down the government before they embark on a 16-day break

Texas Republican senator says spending fight in House ‘is so dysfunctional and so distracting from the things we should be doing’

The continuing resolution passed with 366 yea votes and 34 nays. This blog is now closed.

Social Security benefits are not part of the budget process and are funded through dedicated revenue. But will they still go out?

Big Tech billionaire humiliated on Capitol Hill after meddling leads to pre-Christmas chaos for lawmakers as government shutdown looms

December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ24) are trending down -0.80% this morning as risk sentiment took a hit on worries about a possible U.S. government shutdown, while investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s first-line inflation gauge for fresh clues on its policy outlook.

Elon Musk uses influence over Trump to tank bi-partisan spending bill aimed at preventing Government shutdown

Drivers and airline passengers without reindeer and sleighs better make a dash for it: it’s beginning to look like another record for holiday travel in the U.S. The auto club AAA predicts that more than 119 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home between Saturday and New…

Senator Cramer urges President-elect Trump to intervene in government shutdown negotiations for resolution.