WASHINGTON (AP) — Jessica Sweet spent the federal government shutdown cutting back. To make ends meet, the Social Security claims specialist drank only one coffee a day, skipped meals, cut down on ...

Here’s a question about the shutdown submitted by an Associated Press reader, Ryan S.: How might the shutdown affect the U.S. economy? Shutdowns of the federal government usually don’t leave much ...

Here’s a question about the shutdown submitted by an Associated Press reader, Eli B.: What happens if essential federal workers don’t show up for work? Here is where we need to get to know the ...

Here’s a question about the shutdown submitted by an Associated Press reader, G: Is it legal to fire furloughed federal workers during a shutdown? This question has prompted a fierce conversation, and ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., left, talk with reporters in Statuary Hall on the third day of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shutdowns of the federal government usually don’t leave much economic damage. But the one that started Wednesday looks riskier, not least because President Donald Trump is ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday he would push a new requirement that the Federal Reserve’s regional bank ...

Shutdowns of the federal government usually don’t leave much economic damage. But the one that started Wednesday looks riskier, not least because President Donald Trump is threatening to use the ...