The White House isn't just standing by its view that federal law doesn't guarantee back pay for furloughed workers: It has emails showing this belief dates back to the 2019 shutdown, according to ...

After triggering a government shutdown to strip Americans of extended tax credits under the Affordable Care Act, Donald Trump‘s administration is now targeting the very federal workers caught in the ...

Congress remains deadlocked over health care and spending as Wednesday government shutdown deadline approaches, threatening ...

Controllers missing work was widely cited as the reason the last shutdown came to an end. But that assumption might have been ...

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A new draft White House memo suggests a 2019 law signed by President Trump that guarantees that federal employees get paid after a shutdown ends would not apply to furloughed workers.

Wednesday, Oct. 1, marks the deadline for a potential government shutdown if Congress does not reach an agreement on a funding bill or a temporary extension. Democrats are pushing for an extension to ...