Republicans and Democrats are pointing the finger at the other as the first government shutdown in more than six years seems ...

Those programs that rely on mandatory spending also generally continue during a shutdown. Social Security checks continue to ...

The Trump administration might use a shutdown to finish the job that DOGE started. During the first eight months of his ...

With less than 24 hours until a potential government shutdown, negotiations at the White House have not resulted in a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A partisan standoff over health care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government ...

With less than 48 hours to a shutdown, the White House warns of federal layoffs as both parties clash over health care funding.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt warned Monday that government layoffs are coming if Democrats don’t prevent a ...

The White House has threatened to carry out mass layoffs if a deal to avoid a government shutdown is not reached.

After a tumultuous year of staffing cuts, government employees now face the prospect of going without pay — or facing even ...

The New York Times photographed and interviewed two dozen former federal workers from across the country to get a sense of ...

The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday he had yet to review a call from the White House for ...

The White House orders federal agencies to prepare for mass layoffs during a potential government shutdown, marking a shift ...