Q&A: Why Is a Government Shutdown Looming and What Happens Next? With days to go until the government runs out of money on Saturday, lawmakers are working to strike a deal to keep the government funded. Here's what a government shutdown would mean, and how it could be avoided.

Fight over Obamacare subsidies could cause government shutdown The Trump administration and Congress have yet to agree to fund the Obamacare cost-sharing subsidies. The Democrats want that to be part of the deal to avoid a government shutdown.

Republicans Agree on No Shutdown, but Not on How to Avoid One Lawmakers and the Trump White House have been unable to agree on a plan to fund the government beyond Friday, despite months of staring at the hard deadline.

Inauguration protesters barred from National Mall, other sites

A 200-year transformation: How the National Mall became what it is today See how the Mall developed from a marsh to the center of the nation’s capital.

The National Mall: What Would You March For? On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, take a look back at the site of his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech.

Congress avoids government shutdown

Obama bilking U.S. citizens to pay for illegal aliens' votes: Investigation The generous-with-other-people's-money Obama administration quietly and without the usual fanfare of a Rose Garden announcement renamed the illegal immigrant yo