It’s Day 22 of the federal government shutdown, and Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to an agreement to end it. Without a fix, many federal employees will not be getting paid this Friday, ...

The ongoing federal government shutdown is the longest in U.S. history. The government partially shut down Oct. 1 due to a budget impasse when Congress failed to agree on appropriations for the new ...

The government has shut down, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on October 1. The OMB told federal agencies to consider firing workers permanently. That would be a step beyond the temporary furloughs that ...

The first government shutdown in nearly seven years has now entered its second day. It's not clear when the impasse between congressional Democrats and Republicans over a funding bill to reopen the ...

• Shutdown, Day 1: The federal government shut down at midnight after a deadlocked Congress failed to reach a deal on funding. Republicans and Democrats are at odds over enhanced Obamacare subsidies.

The higher-education sector has gotten accustomed to preparing for government shutdowns in the past dozen years, even prolonged ones. The immediate impacts are well known: A large number of Education ...

President Trump formally brought the longest government shutdown in history to an end on Wednesday night when he signed a funding bill to reopen the government, which had been shuttered for a ...

The federal government shutdown has dragged into another week, and Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to ending it. Many federal workers have missed paychecks, including air traffic ...