During World War I, France - though a major producer of rifles and machine guns - had to import large numbers of handguns ...

Washington — The fight over funding the government is likely to be a costly one. Each week of the ongoing government shutdown could cost the economy $7 billion and reduce GDP growth by 0.1 percentage ...

Over the past five decades, the US government has shut down 21 times before shutting down Oct. 1, 2025. The longest government shutdown, which lasted 35 days, occurred from December 2018 to January ...

WSJ’s Damian Paletta explains what’s at stake in the first shutdown of the U.S. federal government in seven years. Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Enhanced subsidies ...

Democratic voters are ready to push back against President Donald Trump’s agenda by supporting a potential government shutdown, a new poll found. The latest New York Times/Siena College poll, released ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Over 100,000 federal workers are reportedly resigning on Tuesday amid Congress's failure to reach a deal to avert a government shutdown. The clock is ticking in Washington, D.C. If ...

The United States government shut down on Wednesday after Democrats and Republicans in Congress failed to reach an agreement on a vital funding bill. The shutdown will temporarily halt some US ...

Washington — The Senate returns to Washington on Monday with less than two days to fund the government amid a stalemate between Democrats and Republicans on the path forward that has increased the ...

Congress has until 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1, to pass a funding bill and avoid a partial government shutdown. A funding agreement requires bipartisan support in the Senate, but Republicans and ...

The federal government officially shut down on October 1, 2025, after Congress failed to pass funding for the new fiscal year. Essential services like Social Security, Medicare, and the U.S. Postal ...

The concept of a government shutdown is still relatively new in the U.S. There have been 21 federal government shutdowns since the 1970s. The longest government shutdown in U.S. history took place ...

WASHINGTON — The federal government was on course Monday night for its first partial shutdown in nearly seven years after talks between President Trump and Republican and Democratic leaders in ...