House votes to avoid federal government shutdown just before deadline. Bill heads to Senate
The federal government could shut down at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, but few Californians are likely to notice any impact, at least ...
Military, federally employed in WA state brace for impact as shutdown deadline looms
A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a dispute over funding that is pushing Washington to the brink of a ...
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Around 35,000 civil servants in Spain demonstrate against planned privatisation of government health insurance scheme; workers and retirees continue to rally across Iran to protest unpaid wages, power ...
Explainer-What is a government shutdown and what is the debt ceiling?
Large swaths of the U.S. government could temporarily close at midnight on Friday if Congress does not approve a stopgap ...
Trump says he wants retribution. Some critics fear he will use the IRS to get it
Some prominent critics of President-elect Donald Trump - including three officials in his first administration - are ...