Hundreds of thousands of federal employees could soon go without pay or face potential layoffs, since a government shutdown went into effect on Wednesday, Oct. 1. The GOP-controlled House passed a ...

Food insecurity is increasing as the government shutdown continues, leaving federal workers without paychecks and others at risk of losing SNAP benefits.

Republicans, Ben Carson and Christian leaders will pray for unity, Trump and Israel as the government shutdown standoff drags ...

Opinion: The federal government shutdown is forcing programs to make impossible choices that will destabilize families who need Head Start the most.

After more back and forth, it seems that “to be ascertained by law” meant that it would require a statute to stop paying ...

The largest union of federal workers in the country is publicly imploring Congress to pass a “clean” stopgap measure to end ...

Thirty state manufacturing groups are urging Congress to end the ongoing government shutdown, which they say is disrupting ...

The government shutdown is on the verge of becoming the longest in US history — and lawmakers still have no idea how much longer it will go.

Some lawmakers worry that the impasse is ceding their authority over federal spending to an increasingly assertive president.

The gathering at the White House on Monday comes after Trump canceled an earlier meeting with Democratic leaders.

The new URL mentions the “National Design Studio,” which was established by an August executive order aimed at federal web ...

But plenty of Americans are legitimately on SNAP because they qualify, and they need to be. Government-funded welfare ...