President Trump has threatened to deny back pay to some furloughed workers. President Donald Trump this week indicated that the federal government may deny back pay to some employees furloughed amid a ...

October 7, 2025 (Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district with one of the largest concentrations of federal employees and contractors in the U.S.

House Speaker Mike Johnson warned Tuesday that hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers may not automatically receive back pay once the government shutdown ends, following a new White House ...

Some federal workers who are not being paid during the government shutdown have a nagging fear: They might not receive retroactive pay once the impasse is resolved. Roughly 1.4 million federal ...

When the government shuts down, many federal workers go without paychecks, whether they are deemed essential and required to show up for work or whether they're furloughed for the duration of the ...

The Senate approved legislation to conclude the longest government shutdown in U.S. history on Monday, Nov. 11, leaving federal workers questioning when their paychecks will finally arrive. This ...

As the U.S. government shutdown reaches its 28th day, hundreds of thousands of federal workers remain furloughed, with President Donald Trump threatening to block back pay once the shutdown ends. In ...

The president of the nation’s largest union representing federal and Washington, D.C., workers on Monday called on lawmakers to pass a “clean” continuing resolution to reopen government, as the ...

The government shutdown is poised to enter its second month on Saturday, meaning agencies across government on Friday once again sent furlough notices to hundreds of thousands of workers. To maintain ...

The IRS walked back previous guidance indicating furloughed employees would receive back pay during the government shutdown Thursday, writing that an agency under the president would provide further ...

President Donald Trump this week indicated that the federal government may deny back pay to some employees furloughed amid a government shutdown. When asked on Tuesday if government workers would ...