Get live updates and the latest news on the Trump administration as federal employees head back to work after Congress ended ...

The Trump administration has used mass firings of federal layoffs as a key tool in its efforts to reshape the federal ...

The shutdown magnified partisan divisions in Washington as Trump took unprecedented unilateral actions to pressure Democrats ...

The longest shutdown in US history set to end, but it could take time for airports, benefit programs, and federal workers' ...

Health and Human Services directed its employees to plan to report to work on Thursday morning if legislation to fund the ...

Former federal employees say the nearly month-and-a-half freeze on severance payments has been a less visible part of the ...

The longest government shutdown in modern U.S. history came to a close Wednesday night when President Trump signed a bill to ...

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been furloughed or working without pay since the government shut down on Oct. 1. Now, as Congress races toward a resolution to the record-breaking ...

Back pay for federal employees and a reversal of recent reductions-in-force are both included in the Senate’s initial agreement toward ending the shutdown.

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is officially over after President Donald Trump signed legislation late ...

WASHINGTON -- Jessica Sweet spent the federal government shutdown cutting back. To make ends meet, the Social Security claims ...

After being sidelined for more than a month, they are bracing for the backlog that awaits them and struggling with the ...