At a packed and overly hot meeting at last week’s Conservative Party conference, James Johnson, former adviser to Theresa May ...

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In the last 50 years the federal government has come to at least a partial shutdown 11 times. Some have lasted a day or more.

Half a century ago, Congress protected its power of the purse, and conservatives balked at letting presidents disobey ...

The federal government was unable to avert a lapse in funding. Here's a look at the 14 other shutdowns that have occurred since 1980.

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 ...

Donald Trump has the most government shutdown days under his administrations. Here's how long previous shutdowns lasted.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On Tuesday, William G. Young—a federal district court judge in Massachusetts and a ...

With a new county executive taking the reins of King County government after 16 years of the same leadership, it’s to the county’s advantage to have an experienced and oftentimes dissenting voice on ...

As if the retail industry didn’t have enough to worry about this holiday season, the budget impasse in Congress poses a real threat to the consumer economy if the stalemate drags on more than a few ...