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US government shutdown

  • Saturday, 15 March, 2025
    US politics & policy
    US Senate passes stop-gap funding bill to avert government shutdown

    Democrats led by Chuck Schumer paved the way for passage of Republican measure

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  • Friday, 14 March, 2025
    US equities
    US stocks rebound as government shutdown fears recede

    Wall Street ending bruising week on front foot, but worries about economic impact of tariffs linger

    A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Friday, 14 March, 2025
    Congress of the United States
    Top Senate Democrat to back Republican bill to avert shutdown

    Chuck Schumer warns that failure to pass measure will open door to Trump power grab

    Chuck Schumer
  • Wednesday, 12 March, 2025
    Explainer
    What happens if the US government shuts down?

    More congressional chaos has sparked fears of another federal funding crisis

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  • Wednesday, 12 March, 2025
    US government closer to shutdown after Senate Democrats oppose bill

    Republican-controlled House of Representatives had passed the measure on Tuesday

    Chuck Schumer, Democratic Senate minority leader during a press conference at the US Capitol, Washington, on March 11 2025
  • Tuesday, 11 March, 2025
    US politics & policy
    US House passes vote to extend federal funding until end of September

    Legislation on stop-gap measure now moves to the Senate to avoid a government shutdown

    A bird flies near the US Capitol building in Washington
  • Saturday, 21 December, 2024
    US politics & policy
    US Senate votes through last-gasp bill to keep government open

    Funding measure gets bipartisan backing after days of bickering on Capitol Hill

    The US Capitol in Washington
  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
    US government shutdown looms after House rejects Trump-backed funding bill

    Congress faces Friday night deadline after president-elect helped kill initial draft legislation

    The US Capitol is seen behind a red traffic light
  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    US politics & policy
    US government nears shutdown after Trump attacks funding bill

    President-elect’s intervention raises odds of federal closures by weekend

  • Saturday, 23 March, 2024
    US senators reach deal on $1.2tn spending bill to avert government shutdown

    Passing of the bill sparks backlash from Donald Trump’s supporters

    A picture of Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer pointing his finger
  • Thursday, 18 January, 2024
    US politics & policy
    US Congress passes spending bill to avert government shutdown

    Short-term funding measure will give lawmakers chance to negotiate Ukraine aid deal

    The US Capitol building
  • Monday, 15 January, 2024
    Lawmakers to vote on stopgap measure to fund US government until March

    Continuing resolution would give divided Congress more time to pass budget under threat of a shutdown

  • Sunday, 7 January, 2024
    US budget
    US Congress leaders reach $1.66tn spending deal ahead of feared shutdown

    Agreement between Republicans and Democrats comes weeks before another funding deadline

    Capitol Hill
  • Saturday, 11 November, 2023
    US foreign policy
    US government shutdown fight puts new Israel and Ukraine aid in doubt

    With days to go, Congress is still without a deal to boost funding for allies at war

    Speaker of the House Mike Johnson delivers a prayer during a bipartisan candlelight vigil to commemorate one month since the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7
  • Monday, 2 October, 2023
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    McCarthy avoids US government shutdown

    Brazil walks a tightrope between conservation and oil and gas exploration

  • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
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    Republican hardliner moves to oust McCarthy over deal to avert shutdown

    Party’s far-right angry over compromise with Democrats that keeps government funded another 45 days

    Matt Gaetz speaking to journalists
  • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
    US lawmakers pass short-term deal to avoid government shutdown

    Agreement to maintain funding until mid-November leaves out billions of dollars in Ukraine aid

    Tom Emmer, Kevin McCarthy and Elise Stefanik at the Capitol
  • Friday, 29 September, 2023
    US on brink of shutdown as Republicans defeat funding bill

    Dissidents’ vote against their party’s own stop-gap measure is blow to House Speaker McCarthy as Saturday budget deadline looms

    Kevin McCarthy
  • Friday, 29 September, 2023
    Explainer
    The radical Republicans willing to shut down Washington

    Trump loyalists in Congress have taken the US federal government to the brink of paralysis

  • Friday, 29 September, 2023
    US economy
    What the US shutdown means

    The definition of insanity

  • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    The FTC is primed for Amazon

    JPMorgan settles Jeffrey Epstein lawsuits with US Virgin Islands and Jes Staley

  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    Moody’s warns federal shutdown would be ‘negative’ for US debt rating

    Report comes as hopes for congressional deal to avert crisis fade

    A sign in the US Capitol tells visitors that the building is closed for all tours
  • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
    Lawmakers warn that US is heading for shutdown as budget talks stall

    The economy could take a hit in less than a week if hardline Republic holdouts do not strike a deal

    Kevin McCarthy
  • Saturday, 23 September, 2023
    US government heads for shutdown as Republicans squabble over spending

    Millions will be furloughed in a week’s time if no deal is struck with small group of conservative holdouts

    Kevin McCarthy speaks to reporters at the Capitol
  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Joe Biden averts a disastrous default

    The sooner America scraps its nonsensical debt ceiling the better

    Kevin McCarthy, the House Speaker, and President Joe Biden meet in the White House
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