Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency was already reeling from massive stuff cuts and dramatic shifts in priority and policy. A government shutdown raises new questions about how it can ...

Maryland officials mobilized Tuesday ahead of a potential federal government shutdown that they said would put a significant strain on the state ...

The US federal government has shut down after Republican and Democratic lawmakers failed to resolve a budget standoff before Friday's deadline. The impasse, centred on funding government operations ...

The government has shut down, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on October 1. The OMB told federal agencies to consider firing workers permanently. That would be a step beyond the temporary furloughs that ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government ...

As of 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1, the federal government shutdown after lawmakers in Congress failed to reach an agreement on how to extend funding. Reporters across the NPR Network are digging into the ...

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that roughly 750,000 federal employees could be furloughed each day.

The federal government has shut down as congressional lawmakers remain at odds over funding the government beyond September 30.

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is withdrawing the nomination of E.J. Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an AP source says. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the ...

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is returning to the international limelight as the prospective head of an authority tasked with the reconstruction of Gaza. Blair would bring years of ...

The White House's decision to withdraw its nominee for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) director has stirred discussions across political and economic circles. E. J. Antoni, an economist ...