The government shutdown has begun. And it’s plunging the U.S. into a fresh cycle of uncertainty as roughly 750,000 federal ...

The government shutdown means further disruption for the US Education Department, which has seen half of its employees laid ...

The federal government ran out of money after a Democratic-backed spending bill that would have extended health care ...

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

Roughly 750,000 federal workers are expected to be furloughed, some potentially fired by the Trump administration.

When a lapse in funding occurs, the law requires agencies to cease activity and furlough “non-excepted” employees. Excepted ...

President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline.

It raised questions about possible Hatch Act violations, which limit partisan activities by federal employees.

Shares are mixed in Asia, with Chinese markets closed for a weeklong holiday. Markets appeared to be taking a potential ...

U.S. stocks coasted to the finish of their latest winning month on Tuesday, as Wall Street yawned at the potential shutdown ...