Full coverage: The U.S. government shutdown

With more negotiations coming up, some observers worry that demoralized Republicans might try more harmful tactics.

National parks, memorials and agencies reopen after the 16-day federal shutdown ends. The public is ready, but there’s work to catch up on.

WASHINGTON -- The flow of federal economic data is set to resume next week, highlighted by the release of the delayed September jobs report, as federal employees are back at work following the end of the partial government shutdown.

For the sake of the republic, it is time to say, “So long Texas; welcome England.�

The first government shutdown in nearly 20 years ended late Wednesday after Congress agreed on a deal to fund the government through Jan. 15. and raise the nation’s debt limit through Feb. 7.

WASHINGTON -- President Obama lectured members of Congress on Thursday on their responsibility to serve the country, urging them to negotiate with him on the budget and immigration reform instead of endangering the country with games of “brinkmanship.�

WASHINGTON -- The federal government is open again.

WASHINGTON -- John A.

WASHINGTON – The rough justice dispensed by the White House and Senate Democrats during the standoff impasse has further soured key House Republicans on passing immigration legislation.

The government shutdown has come to an end, the debt limit has been raised, and Washington has averted a crisis of its own making.

The House and President Obama sign off on the Senate agreement to end the federal shutdown and raise the debt ceiling without compromising his healthcare law.

At the last possible moment, the dysfunctional United States Congress voted to end the debilitating government shutdown and avoid a calamitous default on the government debt.

WASHINGTON — Congress gave final approval Wednesday night to a budget compromise that would temporarily reopen federal agencies and allow the Treasury to continue borrowing to pay the nation’s bills, averting the possibility of a default that could have seriously damaged the economy.

WASHINGTON -- By an overwhelming vote, the Senate passed a budget compromise Wednesday night that would temporarily reopen federal agencies and allow the Treasury to continue borrowing to pay the nation’s bills, averting the possibility of a default that could have seriously damaged the economy.

The U.S. government reopened Oct. 17 after a 16-day shutdown, after Democrats and Republicans were able to reach a budget compromise.

WASHINGTON -- Senate leaders Wednesday jointly announced an agreement on a bipartisan proposal to extend the nation’s debt limit and end the partial shutdown of the federal government.

WASHINGTON -- The government has until the end of Thursday before its ability to borrow runs out, giving lawmakers just hours to work out the kinks of a possible deal.

WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders, seeking to speed a budget agreement to President Obama’s desk, may adopt an unusual procedure in which the House will vote first on a compromise written in the Senate, officials said Wednesday.

The Senate shutdown/debt limit deal announced earlier today continues to build momentum, with the Senate expected to approve the measure tonight.

Conservative Republicans refuse to back his plan, which leaves a bipartisan Senate proposal as the only way to quickly solve the budget impasse as the risk of default grows near.

Treasury officials are not sure they have the technical ability or the authority to prioritize payments as the U.S. runs low on cash.

WASHINGTON -- Billionaire investor Warren Buffett on Wednesday called the U.S. debt limit a “political weapon of mass destruction� and said both political parties should pledge never to use it as leverage because of the financial damage it can cause.

The question may seem premature, since the threat of a debt-ceiling breach and a government default still darkens America’s skies, like a thunderhead.

WASHINGTON -- House leaders called off plans to vote on their new budget plan, after failing to get enough support from conservative rank-and-file members to pass the proposal.

WASHINGTON -- Fitch Ratings on Tuesday put the U.S.

WASHINGTON — “It’s not our fault,� says National Park Service Ranger George Durkee of the government shutdown that has closed parks, ruining vacations and pilgrimages to monuments such as the WWII memorial.

WASHINGTON – Senate leaders abruptly put talks over a bipartisan budget plan on hold Tuesday to give embattled Speaker John A.

Negotiations over a Senate plan to end the government shutdown and extend the debt limit have been placed on hold while the House tries to cobble together its second plan of the day.

WASHINGTON – An attempt by House Republicans to put forward a new budget proposal was crumbling as soon as it emerged Tuesday, panned by party conservatives and attacked by the White House and congressional Democrats.

WASHINGTON -- Under a deal emerging in the Senate, President Obama is poised to claim a clear victory on his demands in the debt-and-shutdown showdown with Republicans -- except, perhaps, the one he wants most.

The plan would raise the debt ceiling until February and reopen the government until mid-January, allowing time to negotiate a longer-lasting agreement.

As Republicans and Democrats in the Senate worked toward a deal to loosen the debt ceiling and budget knot, a new poll showed where surgeons will have to operate once a deal is struck: Much — but not all — of their image-repair work will be have to be done on behalf of Republicans when it comes to the voter groups most sought after in 2014 and 2016.

WASHINGTON -- Amid suddenly fast-moving talks, the Senate’s top two leaders expressed optimism Monday that the contours of a budget deal were emerging to reopen the federal government and raise the nation’s debt limit.

WASHINGTON -- Senators edged closer to a budget deal Monday as the top four congressional leaders were called to an afternoon meeting at the White House.

WASHINGTON – Talks in the Senate aimed at resolving the crisis over the federal budget hit a setback Sunday as Democrats, emboldened by GOP disarray, pushed their advantage, leading Republicans to warn against efforts to “humiliate� their party.

WASHINGTON -- Upset that the fiscal stalemate in Washington is threatening the global economy, China called for the U.S. dollar to be replaced as the international reserve currency as well as for broader steps to create a “de-Americanized world.�

The federal government shutdown has lasted nearly two weeks, but the Washington blame game is still open for business.

WASHINGTON – Even as White House negotiators continue to wrangle with House Republican negotiators, separate discussions with GOP senators appear to be picking up steam after a meeting with President Obama.

For Republicans, the last 10 days have felt like falling down a darkened elevator shaft: You want to hit bottom, but wonder about the odds of survival.

House Republicans offer to extend the government’s borrowing authority for six weeks, but not to end the federal shutdown, as Democrats want.

How low can Congress go? Today’s answer: There’s not much lower they can go.

WASHINGTON - Koch Industries, the multibillion-dollar company led by David and Charles Koch, tried to distance itself Wednesday from any blame for the government shutdown and congressional quagmire.

WASHINGTON – The political standoff that has gummed up the government for nine days showed no sign of ending Wednesday as Democratic leaders dug deeper into their position that they would not negotiate with Republicans leaders in the House until the government is reopened.

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon and Congress scrambled Wednesday to restore full military death benefits for families to quell a growing controversy as the federal government shutdown delayed assistance even to families of those who have given their lives for their country.

WASHINGTON – With nothing public on his schedule and an anonymous quote from an administration official to bat away, President Obama walked out of the White House with Vice President Joe Biden on Friday to pick up sandwiches and engage in a little damage control.

The government shutdown is in its fourth day, but already lawmakers are shifting at least some of their attention to the debt limit, which will be reached Oct. 17.

WASHINGTON -- In a closed strategy session of House Republicans, Speaker John A.

For Republicans thinking of running for president in 2016, one imperative may be rising fast: not to be Bob Dole.

President Obama’s approach before and since the government shutdown stands in contrast to the engagement that marked the 2011 debt ceiling debate.

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John A.

WASHINGTON — President Obama has invited congressional leaders to the White House on Wednesday evening to discuss the government shutdown, according to an administration official.

As Democrats remain unified, the gap between the GOP center and right is widening. Republican moderates believe their calls for compromise will eventually be heeded.

WASHINGTON -- Social media users browsing their Twitter feeds Tuesday hoping to see a new space photo from NASA or learn American history facts from the U.S.

Officials for the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that their investigation into the crash of a private jet Sunday evening in Santa Monica has been suspended due to the federal government shutdown.

With the federal government shutdown official Tuesday, local officials said it was “business as usual,� even as hundreds of L.A.

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans emerged with a new strategy to reopen the most popular parts of government that have been shut down by the standoff in Congress, starting with votes Tuesday to fund veterans services and possibly the national parks.

JOSHUA TREE, Calif. — On an autumn morning like this one, they should be gearing up for a day of hiking amid the cacti, climbing up one of the more than 400 formations of high desert monzogranite or taking in the vista of Keyes View.

Government agencies have shut down because Congress has failed to pass the necessary money bills, known as appropriations, needed to keep them open.

The U.S. economy is more fragile today than it was before the last federal government shutdown. A quick recovery followed that time, but conditions are different now.

WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Tuesday blamed Republicans for the government shutdown, noting the “irony� that the healthcare program they were trying to kill is “open for business.�

They had come a long way to see the giant pandas. Several thousand miles, in fact.

WASHINGTON – If government agencies begin to shut down Tuesday morning, both sides in the political battle will be carefully parsing poll results, looking to see how upset the public gets and, importantly, who is getting blamed.

Much of the federal government will shut down as of midnight.

The Smithsonian closed its doors Tuesday as parts of the federal government shut down after Congress failed to reach an agreement on spending, All Smithsonian museums, as well as the National Zoo in Washington, have closed until further notice.

NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft has a message for the politicians in Congress squabbling over whether it’s more important to stall the Affordable Care Act or fund the federal government’s operations: “Farewell, humans,� the craft’s social media handlers tweeted Monday night, just minutes before nonessential federal services were put on hold.

Americans awoke to the sound of one hand clapping on Tuesday.

“Due to the temporary shutdown of the federal government, the Library of Congress is closed to the public and researchers beginning Oct. 1, 2013 until further notice,� reads the Library of Congress website.

As Congress failed to agree on a budget and President Obama’s healthcare law, parts of the federal government have started shutting down, with stoppages felt by Southern California residents and across the nation.

WASHINGTON -- Although the federal government began a partial shutdown Tuesday, most financial regulators remained on the job because their agencies are funded outside the congressional appropriations process.

WASHINGTON — The first legislative moves after the federal government officially shut down were familiar ones, as the Senate moved Tuesday morning to rebuff a procedural move by the House.

WASHINGTON - An hour after the federal government began shutting down, House Republicans approved a last-ditch effort early Tuesday seeking to set up a committee with the Senate to resolve their monumental differences over Obamacare.

WASHINGTON – With the House and Senate locked in stalemate, the Office of Management and Budget formally began shutting down the government late Monday, ordering federal agencies to prepare for funding to expire and to execute contingency plans.

With Congress moving closer and closer to the deadline to approve the funding necessary to prevent the government from shutting down, here’s a look at the planned drawbacks and furloughs across the government, including the Pentagon and the Smithsonian.

WASHINGTON -- Around this time last year, President Obama was entering the final stretch of his reelection campaign and repeating a key rationale for a second term: Keeping him in the White House would chasten Republicans and end the dysfunction in Washington.

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans plan to vote Monday evening on yet another attempt to halt parts of Obamacare in exchange for funding the government past midnight, but the latest move worsened divisions within the GOP caucus, with both moderates and conservatives raising objections, creating more uncertainty as the deadline for action neared.

Political fundraisers are feeding off Congress’ stalemate over healthcare and the budget with urgent social media pleas: Send money.

WASHINGTON – The legislation the Senate passed Friday to prevent a government shutdown landed with a thud in the House, where the Republican majority has no clear strategy for ending the standoff threatening to close shutter the government at midnight Monday.

WASHINGTON -- President Obama warned Republicans on Capitol Hill, who are holding up a government spending bill in an attempt to eliminate money for the healthcare law, not to “threaten to burn the house down simply because you haven’t gotten 100% of your way. � “My message to Congress is this: Do not shut down the government.