As the 2026 tax season begins, millions of Americans are eagerly anticipating their refunds, but a government shutdown could ...

Thousands of businesses that contract with the federal government are losing $3 billion a week, a new report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce found. Unlike federal employees, contractors are not ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history is leaving an estimated $11 billion in permanent economic ...

Jill Hornick, a 59-year-old service representative at a Social Security Administration field office in Illinois, would normally have received her latest paycheck on Friday. Instead, she was last paid ...

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President Donald Trump ended the longest U.S. government shutdown in history, signing a funding bill passed by both chambers of Congress. The House shutdown vote was 222 members saying "yea," and 209 ...

The federal government shutdown has lasted all month and is on pace to become the longest on record. While history has shown that the economy typically rebounds from a shutdown within a couple of ...

President Donald Trump late Wednesday signed a funding package to reopen the federal government, officially bringing a close to the longest shutdown in history. The final approval came hours after the ...

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history ended late Wednesday. The longest government shutdown in U.S. history ended late Wednesday, allowing observers to take stock of the impact it had on ...

WASHINGTON — The pain of a U.S. government shutdown is poised to intensify this week as the funding lapse nears a full month with no resolution in sight. A series of deadlines in the coming days could ...

The House on Wednesday passed a bill to reopen the government, sending it to President Trump’s desk and setting up the end of the longest shutdown in U.S. history. That vote came after eight members ...

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in November after the White House indicated it would only partially ...