NPR's Scott Simon talks to Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., about the House GOP caucus and the Dec. 20 stopgap funding vote.

Is Elon Musk and Donald Trump friendship is doomed to fail? Elon Musk, one of the closest allies of Trump, has been at the ...

House Republicans will meet behind closed doors at 12:30 p.m. ET to discuss a new plan to avert a government shutdown -- as ...

A shutdown of the federal government was averted Friday just around midnight. The Associated Press is reporting that a new plan from Speaker of the House Mike Johnson that would pay for the ...

The Senate is on track to pass a stopgap bill after its passage in the House earlier Friday. However, the upper chamber ran ...

Lawmakers came together to fund the government on Friday, keeping the lights on in Washington until early next year and preventing a Christmas season shutdown. The package — crafted by Speaker ...

AAA predicts that more than 119 million people will travel at least 50 miles between Saturday and New Year’s Day. A trade ...

After days of uncertainty thanks to meddling by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, lawmakers succeeded in approving a temporary plan ...

With a government shutdown narrowly avoided Friday night, the House and Senate sent a funding bill to President Joe Biden's desk.

Follow live updates and the latest news as government funding is set to expire on Saturday if Congress fails to pass a ...

Congress passed a short-term plan to keep the government’s doors open until President-elect Donald Trump takes office.