Food prices overall are now 2.4% higher than last March, up from 2.1% in February, according to the BRC-NIQ Shop Price Index.

Republicans are scrambling to pull off a feat they’ve been unable to do since retaking the House in 2023 — avert a government shutdown without leaning on Democratic support. On Saturday ...

House Republicans announced a spending bill to keep government agencies open through Sept. 30, daring Democrats to vote against it and risk a disruptive March 15 shutdown. The move tees up a ...

House Republicans have unveiled a 99-page, six-month stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown and increase defense funding while seeking cuts for nondefense programs, which is likely to ...

U.S. stocks climbed on Friday amid signs the federal government may avert a shutdown ... while the S&P 500 increased 2.1%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed 2.6%. Despite the gains, each of the ...

bolstering Speaker Mike Johnson’s attempt to pass the bill without the help of House Democrats and avert a government shutdown on March 15. The vote on the stopgap is set for Tuesday and Johnson ...

While House Republicans could theoretically advance their bill without Democratic support, Senate Republicans would need the support of at least seven Democrats to avert a government shutdown if ...

30 and avert a shutdown at the end of the week, in a party-line vote that reflected how Republican fiscal hawks have swallowed their concerns about spending in deference to President Trump.