The federal government is currently shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting ...
The United States federal government has officially shut down. The government entered a partial shutdown at midnight after ...
The partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government hit the one-week mark as the clock struck midnight in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Oct. 7.
Under US law, if the government shuts down, agencies are required to “furlough” – suspend or discharge – their “non-excepted” employees. Once the shutdown is over and operations resume, furloughed ...
Upon the adoption of the Constitution of the United States in 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked by a woman what kind of ...