The federal government has been shut down for two weeks, and there is still no end in sight as Congress remains in a heated deadlock over health insurance costs. The shutdown began after Democrats refused to sign onto a government funding bill without ...

Seven Democrats and one independent voted with Republicans in the Senate late on Sunday in favor of a deal to end the 40-day government shutdown.

A judge halted the Trump administration’s mass firing of federal employees during the government shutdown, siding Wednesday with the unions challenging the reductions in force, or RIFs, announced by the Office of Management and Budget. “As of right now ...

After reaching a bipartisan deal, Senate Democrats finally gave Republicans the votes needed to advance a government funding measure.

Already thousands of federal workers are furloughed without pay. Now even more federal workers may need to start searching for *** new job. Over the weekend, Vice President JD Vance said the new cuts would be painful. In *** court filing on Friday, the ...

The White House Office of Management and Budget said that it's "making every preparation to batten down the hatches and ride out the Democrats' intransigence."Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Trump administration fired thousands of federal workers on Friday.

With the combination of the longest government shutdown, the mass firings of government workers and a fresh cut in federal food aid, the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington is bracing for the swell of people who will need its help before the holiday season.