Despite the funding lapse, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, the main targets of Democrats’ outrage, will remain open.

Connecticut’s U.S. senators were split on a vote Friday night on a government funding deal that avoids a prolonged partial ...

The Senate’s race to avert a shutdown hit the skids late Thursday night as Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) placed a hold on the government funding package, forcing leaders to punt the vote.

Vast swaths of southeastern Australia are sweltering in a heat wave that’s pushed temperatures to close to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) and forced some residents to protect their ...

The U.S. Senate was unable to advance a funding package Thursday, pushing the federal government closer to a partial shutdown as Democrats press for restrictions on immigration enforcement.

Some Republicans joined Democrats in blocking a bill to the fund the government as the midnight deadline nears.

Could the government shut down this week? As the Senate vote looms, here's the latest shutdown predictions, chances, and ...

Federal funding for many — but not all — government agencies is set to run out after Jan. 30, which would force them to shut ...

Both parties huddled to discuss the path forward on Wednesday, but Senators emerged from those meetings with no immediate solution to avoid a partial government shutdown.

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At least three properties have been destroyed and residents are being ordered to evacuate as an out-of-control bushfire in ...

A record-breaking heatwave baked Australia's southeast for a fifth straight day on Wednesday, fanning bushfires and straining ...