The Senate has swiftly approved legislation that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its budget intact.

Washington, D.C., which has often had a tenuous peace with the federal government when Republicans controlled Congress and ...

Congress is staring down a deadline to fund the government by the end of the week, as the familiar threat of a shutdown looms over Washington.

Democrats were confronted with two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives President Donald Trump vast ...

Washington averted a government shutdown after an up-and-down week saw House Republicans offering a united front and ...

The Senate approved a separate bill that allows D.C. to continue operating under its current budget, which seemed on track to ...

The House-passed spending bill would cut the Washington, D.C., government's 2025 budget by 16% — cuts local officials have described as "potentially devastating." ...

To shut down or not to shut down? That is the question – and it’s one that’s caused Democrats a tremendous amount of ...

The Senate plans to take up a House-passed bill to fund the government through September beginning on Friday, which needs the ...

The slashing of the budget alarmed D.C. city officials, many of whom have been making pilgrimages to Capitol Hill in recent ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said Democrats will stand in the way of efforts to pass a Republican-led budget ...

The district is also facing up to $1 billion in federal funding cuts due to a Republican continuing resolution bill.