A government shutdown looms, as President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance are essentially telling House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to renegotiate a massive stop-gap funding measure ...

The partial shutdown comes only days before Christmas and New Year's. As of Thursday, the U.S. national debt was at $36,167,604,149,955.61 and was continuing to climb rapidly.

When is the government shutdown deadline? Current funding expires on Friday night. A shutdown would be triggered if a funding bill is not passed and signed by Trump by 11:59 p.m. ET Friday night.

Will the government shutdown affect the Post Office? No, The U.S. Postal Service is funded by sales of stamps and other services and is not impacted by a shutdown, the USPS said in a statement.

Does the military shut down during a government shutdown? All active-duty U.S. military personnel stay on the job, but about half of the Pentagon’s 800,000 civilian employees could face furloughs.

The government has shut down or suffered funding gaps at least 20 times in history, all in the past 50 years. The most recent shutdown lasted 34 days, spanning the end of 2018 into the start of ...

During the last prolonged government shutdown in 2019, D.C.’s local government dispatched extra staff to help keep garbage cans empty and pick up trash at federal sites, but there’s no word ...

A government shutdown would snarl everything from security clearances to laminating the ID badges of incoming Trump administration staffers. "There never has been a shutdown at this time. The only ...

A shutdown would directly reduce GDP growth by around 0.15 percentage point for each week it lasts, according to Goldman Sachs, but growth would rise by the same amount after the shutdown was ...

"A shutdown will contribute to the likelihood of a recession in terms of the uncertainty it would create, on top of the mountain of uncertainty other policies such as tariffs, tax expirations, the ...

When asked if there would be a government shutdown, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig representing Minnesota's 2nd District said she hopes not. She voted against the spending plan in the House; only one ...

When a government shutdown loomed in 2023, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobb intended to use state money to keep the Grand Canyon National Park open. Previous shutdowns have kept visitors out of national ...