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 ...

President Trump signed legislation Wednesday evening to end the federal shutdown after a record-long 43-day stoppage. Government employees began resuming work Thursday, though a full recovery from the ...

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A pilot preparing to take off Monday from Hollywood Burbank Airport in California took the routine step of radioing the air traffic control tower. But instead of the usual back-and-forth conversation ...

The Dutch government’s AI-led efficiency drive to cut 25,000 civil servant jobs is perhaps the most ambitious government plan ...

The federal government partially shut down early Saturday as Congress did not agree on funding for several agencies before the midnight deadline. But this shutdown is likely to be less painful than ...

Millions of Americans will not receive food stamp benefits Saturday as a result of the government shutdown, the Trump administration warns, as impacts threaten to soon hit many more Americans and ...

With bipartisan congressional talks to end the U.S. government shutdown bogging down on Friday, the hit to the national economy is growing, experts said. "Even if there is a reopening of the ...

The standoff began in late September as lawmakers faced a deadline to fund the government by the start of a new fiscal year on Oct. 1. House Republicans passed a short-term funding measure on Sept. 19 ...

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 ...