President Trump and GOP lawmakers are itching to make a potential government shutdown as painful as possible for Democrats as ...

Agencies are supposed to release contingency plans, detailing which employees would keep working and who would be furloughed.

The Trump administration’s offer to let employees stay on paid leave before resigning at the end of September resulted in key ...

"The way this country works, you've got to sit down with people you may not agree with and come to an agreement, come to a negotiation," Sen. Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, said on Tuesday after ...

A shutdown could affect financial markets by limiting the operations of financial regulators and delaying the publication of ...

The federal government is just days away from shutting down unless Congress approves a federal funding bill before October 1.

The Office of Management and Budget says in a memo that agencies should prepare reduction-in-force plans to accompany ...

The White House budget office on Wednesday indicated mass firings could be on the table in the event of a government shutdown ...

The White House budget office is telling federal agencies to prepare plans for mass firings in the event of a government shutdown, with instructions to target programs they are not legally required to ...

In past government shutdowns, workers have been put on temporary furloughs until funding resumes. This time, the Trump White ...

The White House is telling agencies to prepare large-scale firings of federal workers if the government shuts down next week ...

The White House budget office directed federal agencies to prepare reduction-in-force plans, warning shutdowns would target programs not required to continue.