Unelected White House official Elon Musk is desperate for the federal government to grind to a halt — so he can continue ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has announced he's ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led spending ...

Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk has wanted a government shutdown in part because it would potentially make it easier to ...

Government shutdown deadlines — and even full-on shutdowns — aren’t new for Washington, but this time, with federal funding ...

By design, budget reconciliation mostly addresses the parts of federal spending that are not part of the appropriations ...

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

A shutdown would temporarily give the executive branch even broader powers over what government services are deemed "essential." ...

Elon Musk has expressed a wish for a government shutdown, according to four sources familiar with his stance told WIRED on ...

Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., when asked about Musk, did not mention the billionaire at all. Instead, he pivoted to criticize House Republicans for putting a stopgap government funding bill known as a ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to speak with reporters as Republicans work to pass an interim spending ...

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez led a chorus of outrage at Schumer, accusing him of betraying grassroots Democrats who ...

As of Wednesday night, it looked like a path was emerging whereby Senate Democrats would abandon plans to filibuster the ...