The shortfall could keep more than $700 million out of the hands of housing authorities until the delay is over.

It's Day 23 of the federal government shutdown, and Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to an agreement to end it. Without a fix, many federal employees will not be getting paid tomorrow, the ...

MANKATO — For a while, you likely won’t notice the impacts of a federal government shutdown. But that can change the longer it goes. As of late Tuesday afternoon, the federal government was facing a ...

The federal government shutdown enters its 27th day as President Trump remains in Asia for trade talks. Funding for food assistance programs like SNAP and WIC is set to run out on November 1, ...

The federal government shut down much of its operations on Wednesday, Oct. 1, after Congress negated to reach a deal to on federal funding allocations for the government. The move, sparked by expiring ...

Some federal employees missed full paychecks Friday for the first time since the government shut down on Oct. 1, as the closure will last at least until Monday, the next time the Senate is expected to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington is hours away from another federal government shutdown, with prospects looking bleak for a last-minute compromise in Congress to avoid closures beginning at 12:01 a.m.

Frustration is common across the political spectrum regardless of which party holds the presidency. But the shares of ...

Americans have long expressed frustration with the federal government — but a new Pew Research Center report shows that those ...

WASHINGTON -- The United States' deficit for the current fiscal year surpassed $1.3 trillion in May with payments on Social Security, Medicare and net interest serving as the most prominent outlays.

The federal government remains shut down, in what is now the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Many federal workers have missed paychecks, including air traffic controllers, who are working unpaid.