The Congressional Budget Office has faced criticism over its analysis of Republicans' big tax breaks and spending cuts bill ...

The White House budget office is telling federal agencies to prepare plans for mass firings in the event of a government ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is telling agencies to prepare large-scale firings of federal workers if the government ...

The possibility of a shutdown raises questions about what it would mean for lawmakers themselves — and their paychecks.

Federal workers and others on the business end of a looming government shutdown are in high stress mode waiting and hoping Congress will pass a spending bill. One glaring problem: members of ...

Democrats are using one of their few points of leverage to demand legislation to extend health care benefits, but Republicans ...

The government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday unless lawmakers act. Democrats and Republicans are at a standstill on ...

A report by Senate Democrats alleges that NASA is already taking steps in to carry out the administration’s proposed budget ...

Democratic congressional leaders are dismissing a threat from the White House budget office to fire masses of federal workers during a government shutdown, saying they will not be intimidated into ...

Democratic leaders have pushed back against the reported memo, saying they will not be intimidated by the threat of mass ...