The government shutdown began at midnight on Oct. 1 as Democrats and Republicans appeared to be nowhere close to reaching a ...

Trump has started firing thousands of federal workers while assuring the military will be paid during the shutdown.

President Donald Trump’s hardball tactic of ordering permanent layoffs Friday amid a government shutdown hardened Democrats’ deep distrust of Republicans and risks prolonging a standoff that is ...

Health care premiums are expected to double for millions of Americans on Obamacare next year if the law doesn’t change in time. Neera Tanden walks Ezra Klein through the policy stakes of the ...