Amid the federal government shutdown, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is open and fully operational through at least Nov. 2. But many employees within the National Park Service system are ...

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Of the many things I don’t understand — in addition to why the American people elected Donald Trump president not once, but twice — is why essential workers who are required to work during a ...

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) objected to a request by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Thursday for the Senate to immediately consider and pass a bill to pay all federal workers, members of the military ...

As the federal government shutdown drags on, with no end in sight, furloughed federal workers are facing increasing financial strain. An estimated 25,000 federal employees in Massachusetts have been ...

CNBC Squawk Box host Joe Kernen went to town grilling Sen. Peter Welch over his continued blocking of a GOP-championed bill to end the government shutdown. Kernen pressed Welch (D-Vt.) over his ...

Indie game marketplace Itch.io is currently down for hundreds of users across the United States. Many users reported "Error 1200: This website has been temporarily ...

Only in America can the government reach a $38 trillion debt during a shutdown. The debt sprinted from $37 trillion to $38 trillion in a month and nine days — record time for a trillion-dollar leap ...

House Republicans are in preliminary discussions on a healthcare package, as Obamacare continues to be the central sticking point in the ongoing government shutdown. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said ...

DoorDash is launching emergency services to help SNAP recipients during the government shutdown. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program doesn’t have funding come Nov. 1 as the “well has run dry ...