Usually during a shutdown, the government furloughs (temporarily lays off) employees, and then rehires them when a spending bill eventually passes. But according to NBC News, “the Trump administration ...

With the House out of town and the Senate far from a deal, funding for the federal government is set to run out on October ...

Many Democrats believe the White House is bluffing and insist Republicans will bear responsibility for a shutdown in the ...

The White House is telling agencies to prepare large-scale firings of federal workers if the government shuts down next week.

With the layoffs threat Wednesday, Vought has cast himself as a main character in the shutdown standoff ahead of the Tuesday midnight funding deadline. It's a role he is no doubt comfortable playing, ...

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The Trump administration wants to cancel some spending through a budget maneuver with disturbing ramifications.

A memo from the White House budget office telling federal agencies to prepare plans for mass firings should the government ...

Marie Kane has been named assistant vice president for National Security Research at UF. The university said the newly ...

The White House is telling agencies to prepare large-scale firings of federal workers if the government shuts down next week.

WASHINGTON -- The threat of a government shutdown has become a recurring event in Washington, though most of the time lawmakers and the president are able to head it off. This time, however, prospects ...