The risk of a US government shutdown has eased but investors stayed on watch for the next move in an escalating trade war.

The call to relax those rules has been fuelled by the decision of next German Chancellor Friedrich Merz – a centre-right ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he would back a Republican-led stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown, 24 hours after he said he wouldn't.

The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to ...

Elon Musk shared an old Obama speech on government waste as he faces backlash over DOGE’s spending cuts. In 2011, Obama also pushed for eliminating "stupid spending" to reduce the deficit.

More than a dozen schools, including Harvard, MIT, Brown, and the University of Pennsylvania, have frozen hiring.

Beijing sought to position itself as a key player in negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program, as President Trump ...

Washington, D.C.'s protest is to occur on the National Mall on Friday, with similar movements scheduled at all 50 state ...

The apparent deal with the Greens paves the way for up to €1 trillion in new spending for defense and infrastructure.