It is up to every department, agency and congressional office to make contingency plans for a shutdown, including who stays ...

The federal shutdown will affect people across the United States. NPR's network of member stations explains what will be ...

Lawmakers have until Oct. 1 to pass a new budget. If they don't, the federal government will shut down. Here's what that ...

Much of the federal government shut down after Congress failed to reach a deal to approve new funding. Here's what that means ...

While a government shutdown won't prevent Social Security checks from going out or interrupt Medicare coverage, parts of the ...

Government shutdowns lasting more than a few days were relatively rare — until recently. The 2018-2019 shutdown was the longest in U.S. history, stretching on for five weeks.

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

A government shutdown starting on Wednesday is looking probable as Democrats in Congress push Republicans on funding, health care, and President Trump’s reshaping of the federal government. Unless ...

By giving the function to construct and maintain flood control systems to the engineering corps of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, this will not just augment and upgrade its capability to a ...

During a government shutdown, "essential" government services such as Medicare and air traffic control continue working, but "non-essential" functions like national parks close or cut staffing. The ...

Multiple furloughed employees at the Department of Education report their out-of-office replies were automatically reset ...

U.S. CBP and ICE will have more cushion to sustain their agencies during the shutdown because of the passage of the One Big ...