(The Center Square) – Republicans’ attempts to avert the worst effects of the ongoing government shutdown failed Thursday after Senate Democrats blocked a bill that would ensure essential federal ...

Sen. Jon Ossoff (Ga.), the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent in the Senate, and his home-state colleague, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), voted Thursday for a Republican bill to pay essential federal ...

Senate Democrats rejected legislation on Thursday afternoon that would have ensured U.S. service members and some federal workers do not miss a paycheck during the government shutdown. Senators voted ...

The financial crunch of day 24 of the government shutdown brought a concerning reality for Justin Chen. It was his last paycheck until lawmakers in the nation's capital reach a resolution and fund the ...

WASHINGTON ‒ The Senate is set to vote Thursday on a Republican-backed bill to pay some federal workers who are working through the government shutdown as the shutdown rolls into Day 23. The bill, ...

Federal employees should expect a smaller paycheck on Friday, Oct. 10, the first payday since the partial government shutdown began on Oct. 1. Although federal workers do not get paid during a ...

One essential Social Security employee didn’t foresee her surgery being upended by the federal government shutdown when she scheduled it for early October. But the longtime manager decided to postpone ...

After lawmakers reached a deal to end the longest federal shutdown in U.S. history, hundreds of thousands of government workers who haven't been paid are wondering when their paychecks could finally ...

The Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport is holding a food drive for federal workers affected by the government shutdown. Donations of nonperishable food and household goods can be dropped off ...

Their work is considered so essential that certain federal employees are required to stay on the job during the U.S. government shutdown, even though they’re not getting paid. Oddly enough, if they ...