Live updates: Government shutdown enters 6th day; National Guard blocked from Portland

Live updates and the latest news as the government shutdown enters day 6, the National Guard are blocked from Portland, and ...

Government shutdown threatens food aid program relied on by millions of families

Experts say a food aid program that helps 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money ...

Who gets back pay and who doesn't after a government shutdown?

Furloughed federal workers are entitled to back pay by law, but contractors are not. Here's who gets paid and who doesn't.

Government shutdown takes hold with mass layoffs looming and no end in sight

WASHINGTON -- The federal government was thrown into a shutdown Wednesday with no easy endgame in sight, as Democrats held ...

Republicans and Democrats at an impasse as government shutdown enters sixth day

The possibility of layoffs escalates an already tense situation in which lawmakers have struggled to find common ground.

How the US government shutdown can impact travel

As the US government shutdown takes effect, here's what visitors need to know, from airport queues to national parks and ...

‘A gut punch’: Government shutdown jams up the revived IPO market

The IPO slowdown is one of the most concrete examples yet of how the government shutdown is hitting investors.

Ground Game: government shutdown threatens WIC food aid program, Supreme Court’s new term begins

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