The term “shutdown” is also something of a misnomer. Lapses in funding are a bad way to do business, and they can delay ...

It ran from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019, during the Trump administration. At 34 days, it was the longest government ...

This should be a time of celebration for Britain’s Labour Party, which opens its annual conference Sunday less than three ...

Republicans would be wise to put their differences aside and work toward a solution, rather than hash out interparty issues ...

Tensions are running high again within the House GOP as Speaker Mike Johnson pushes ahead with a vote on his government ...

Swiss voters rebuffed a government plan to reform company pension funds, marking the second time this year that a proposal to ...

With the federal government set to run out of money at the end of the month, will you get an October Social Security check?

The French presidential palace has unveiled a new center-right government more than two months after elections that produced ...

"We cannot have a government shutdown," Mitch McConnell, said. "It would be politically beyond stupid for us to do that right ...

Lawmakers have until Sept. 30 to extend government funding. Internal Republican divisions are posing a problem for Speaker ...

French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Antoine Armand as finance minister, thrusting a 33-year-old with limited political ...

Here are details of the main ministerial appointments after French President Emmanuel Macron's office unveiled on Saturday ...