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new video loaded: How Trump Is Getting Some Workers Paid Despite the ShutdownPresident Trump has been reprogramming funds to pay workers during the shutdown who are…

Two decades ago, Sara Carlson, then a mother of three, was newly single because of a traumatic event, and the US’s food stamp program, now called…

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Millions of Americans face having to ration heating this winter as the US federal government shutdown and mass layoffs by the Trump administration cause unprecedented delays…

Cars and RVs surged into Yosemite national park throughout the weekend, as visitors from around the world came to enjoy the crisp autumn weather, undeterred by…

The shutdown of the US government, about to enter its third week, is starting to take a toll on US science. Since the shutdown began, the…

School districts that collectively enroll roughly 1 in 7 of the nation’s K-12 public school students will begin going without routine federal payments in the coming…

A federal court has granted a temporary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s firings of federal employees during the government shutdown.The ruling by Judge Susan Illston of…

Federal workers are scrambling to figure out if they still have a job after the Trump administration launched a fresh wave of layoffs amid a federal…

The closure of the US government has shuttered the Smithsonian Institution’s museums and zoo and some of its research facilities. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/GettyThe shutdown of the…