Washington — The House has passed legislation to suspend the debt ceiling and limit spending, as time runs short to avoid a catastrophic default. The bill will still need to pass the Senate.

A deal allowing the US to borrow more money has moved closer to becoming law, days before the world's biggest economy is due to start defaulting on its debt. The measure easily passed the House of ...

The House of Representatives on Friday overwhelmingly passed a $15 billion package that provides disaster relief for areas recovering from Hurricane Harvey, along with a short-term agreement to fund ...

Republican leaders in the House are expressing optimism about a possible breakthrough within their conference over government ...

House Republicans Wednesday evening voiced renewed confidence they could soon pass a short-term spending measure that would ...

Government funding is set to expire on midnight next Saturday, will House Republicans and Democrats come up with a deal ...

Congress has just 11 legislative days to fund the government and avert a shutdown. Here's how a government shutdown could ...

As the country draws closer to a government shutdown with no clear resolution in sight, a bipartisan group of lawmakers could ...

McCarthy was forced to make concessions to the Freedom Caucus after it took him 15 rounds of voting to win the speaker's ...

Armageddon drama of the FY 2024 budget deal notwithstanding, the federal government never shuts down. Regulatory reforms ...

Speaker Kevin McCarthy, facing a looming government shutdown deadline and intense pressure from his right flank, projected ...

Speaker Kevin McCarthy, facing growing unrest in the GOP conference, is moving on a new plan to keep the government open for ...