WASHINGTON − As President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats clash over government spending, a partial government shutdown looms Oct. 1. Partisan spending disputes occasionally shut down parts ...

A federal government shutdown started at midnight after President Donald Trump and Congress couldn't come to an agreement on legislation to keep the government operating. About 800,000 federal ...

Despite the federal government shutdown closing the National Park Service (NPS) properties nationwide, the City of Salem has rallying to keep the NPS Salem Armory Regional Visitor Center open through ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — While lawmakers wrestled with the issues behind the shutdown, Americans watched effects of the fight in Washington filter out into their lives. How the Federal Government ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Crowds of people loaded onto boats to tour the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Wednesday morning with no immediate signs of the government shutdown that is triggering the furlough ...

Another federal holiday is coming up. Columbus Day, also known as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, happens every year in October. Who gets a day off on Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day? What’s open, and ...

The U.S. government is shut down Wednesday after Congress failed to reach an agreement on a spending bill by the midnight deadline. The shutdown is having a big impact on national parks and more in ...

EMPIRE, MI -- It’s a quiet start to the fall season in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The lights are off and the gates are closed at some of the park’s visitor attractions. Staffing is down ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The federal government on Wednesday officially shut down, meaning so did national parks and other sites owned and operated by the federal government. In the San Francisco Bay Area, the ...

The federal government has been shut down since Oct. 1, with no end in sight, as Democratic and Republican lawmakers spar over a spending bill. Until a consensus is met, no money will be allowed to ...

The U.S. government has partially shut down after Congress failed to agree on a funding bill. Essential services like mail delivery, air traffic control, and Social Security payments will continue.