WATCH: The White House published a highlight reel of Senate Democrats railing against potential government shutdowns as an attack on democracy ahead of their own 2025 shutdown showdown.

Here's what to know about what government employees would continue to work during a shutdown, based on prior shutdowns and a plan the White House most recently outlined in 2023. Clock ticks on ...

The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.

The White House pushed House Republicans to vote for the measure to fund the government through September, helping to overcome lingering GOP concerns over the legislation. It will need Democratic ...

Rachael Bade is POLITICO's Capitol bureau chief and senior Washington columnist. She is a former co-author of POLITICO Playbook and co-author of "Unchecked: The Untold Story Behind Congress's ...

Updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate confirmation hearing.

A group of House conservatives are heading to the White House Wednesday to discuss the path forward for avoiding a partial government shutdown. "It's a meeting with the House Freedom Caucus ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) defended his decision to stiff-arm left-wing lawmakers and join Republicans to pass a six-month government funding bill last week, claiming a partial ...

Schumer has drawn stiff criticism from some of his party for breaking with a majority of Democratic lawmakers to vote to ...

Trump has derided the Department of Education as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. However, finalizing its ...

Here's what to know about what government employees would continue to work during a shutdown, based on prior shutdowns and a plan the White House most recently outlined in 2023. Federal funding ...