“Adding poison pills at the 11th hour would only make the risk of a Christmas shutdown greater. That would hurt Americans across this country.” In the aftermath of devastating hurricanes Helen ...

Another Christmas, another potential government shutdown. Congress faces a Friday deadline − only five days before Christmas − to pass a continuing resolution that would keep federal offices ...

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. During a partial ...

Although travelers may hit snags in a shutdown, holiday deliveries likely wouldn’t be impacted. However, the deadline for deliveries to arrive by Christmas Day has already passed this year for ...

While a shutdown isn't on anyone's Christmas wish list, there is disagreement about how long a short-term deal should last and concern on both sides about the text being jammed with controversial ...

Twas the night before shutdown, and all through the House ... A car plowed into a crowd at a Christmas market in eastern Germany on Friday, leaving five people dead and more than 200 injured ...

As trustee, I have discretion to do such things. I wanted to get the checks out before Christmas. This exercise gave me an inkling of how politicians must feel handing out other people’s money.

Trading is expected to be relatively muted in the run-up to Christmas, with European markets set to be closed, or close early, for Christmas Eve and remain shut on Christmas Day. The carmakers ...

(RTTNews) - European stocks look set to open on a mixed note Tuesday, with trading likely to remain muted in the run-up to Christmas. Regional markets will close early today and remain shut on ...

US lawmakers scrambled Friday to reach an agreement on funding federal agencies through the New Year to avert a damaging government shutdown due to begin in just seven days. Out of time to ...