government shutdown

Families of fallen troops will be assured of receiving death benefits under legislation President Barack Obama signed Thursday amid a national firestorm after the Pentagon suspended the roughly $100,000 payments during the partial government shutdown.

House Republican leaders are considering a short-term increase in the U.S. debt limit as a possible way to break the gridlock that threatens the nation with an unprecedented default in as little as a week, officials said Wednesday night.

About 3.8 million veterans will not receive disability compensation next month if the partial government shutdown continues into late October, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki told lawmakers Wednesday. Some 315,000 veterans and 202,000 surviving spouses and dependents will see pension payments stopped.

The House has passed a bill to give 800,000 furloughed federal workers retroactive pay once the government reopens.

As the government shutdown continues, who is really to blame?  It depends on who you ask.

Arizona's Republican leaders, known for picking fights with the federal government, are seething again now that the Grand Canyon is closed because of the budget crisis in Washington.

President Barack Obama canceled a trip to Asia next week because of the government shutdown, the White House announced late Thursday.

Investors sold stocks across the board Thursday as a U.S. government shutdown dragged into a third day and the U.S. inched toward a deadline on raising the nation's borrowing limit.

I know. It’s an insane suggestion, and it would never happen. Social Security payments to millions of Americans would cause an uproar heard from coast to coast. Could you imagine how life would be for those depending on their monthly check...

Weak hiring and worries about a protracted government shutdown pushed the U.S. stock market lower Wednesday.