There have been multiple government shutdowns over the past several months, including one that lasted a record 43 days. The U.S. Senate failed to pass a bill to fund the Department of Homeland ...

On Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, a dramatic annular solar eclipse — popularly known as a “ring of fire” — will appear in the skies above remote parts of Antarctica home to two scientific research stations.

The House passed a bill to end the partial government shutdown Tuesday afternoon, cleared by a bipartisan vote under the insistence of President Donald Trump. The measure funds most of the federal ...

Federal agencies are set to reopen after the House on Tuesday approved a spending package funding those forced to close their doors over the weekend, ending the shutdown less than four days after it ...

A partial shutdown affecting much of the federal government began Saturday, but it is unlikely to last long. The shutdown is hitting huge parts of the government, including the Pentagon, the ...

Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington ...

The U.S. government entered a partial shutdown early Saturday following a standoff over new restrictions on federal immigration agents after the deaths of two protesters at the hands of federal agents ...

The U.S. government has entered a partial shutdown after Congress failed to meet a deadline of midnight on Friday to complete work on a spending package to prevent funding from running out across ...

The Senate passed legislation Friday to fund most federal operations through the end of September, but a partial government shutdown, likely lasting at least through the weekend, still went into ...

A traffic light shows red in front of the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., during the previous government shutdown on Oct. 14, 2025. Reporter The federal government entered a partial shutdown just ...

The Senate struck a deal to fund a large portion of the government on Thursday evening, just a day before a shutdown deadline. The agreement will split the bill funding the Department of Homeland ...