During the first eight months of his second presidency, Donald Trump has tried to hollow out the federal workforce by any means possible, including paying more than 200,000 people not to work, ...

The Labor Department will delay its release of economic data if the government shuts down, possibly postponing its monthly jobs report, including September's due out Friday. The agency announced the ...

With less than 24 hours until a potential government shutdown, negotiations at the White House have not resulted in a bipartisan agreement, leaving federal agencies preparing for possible layoffs.

Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss says the shutdown fight Tuesday is an opportunity for the Democratic party to rebrand itself. Auchincloss leads a big-tent group of lawmakers called Majority ...

Conservatives are not at the center of the government shutdown that looks set to begin at midnight. But they are poised to make it more difficult to end if it begins. Democrats are demanding ...

A government shutdown would rattle Maryland’s economy as over 100,000 federal workers are also set to leave their jobs Tuesday under a deferred resignation plan.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A partisan standoff over health care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years, with Democrats and Republicans in Congress ...

The U.S. is once again barreling toward a federal government shutdown. A shutdown would disproportionately burden Black Americans, who are overrepresented among federal workers and would be especially ...

Congressional leaders left a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday without any agreement to head off a partial government shutdown.

President Donald Trump said Monday night he isn’t worried that Americans might turn against him and Republicans if the federal government shuts down this week, commenting that “people that are smart” ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, depicted wearing oversized sombrero and handlebar mustache, condemned video as ‘disgusting’ ...