Economists say the shutdown is beginning to leave a permanent scar. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

The US government has reached a major milestone of dysfunction as Congress has allowed a federal shutdown to drag into its ...

About 600,000 federal employees are working without pay, 650,000 more are furloughed, and unemployment could rise by 0.4 of a ...

The CDC has laid off roughly 1,300 employees as part of a sweeping restructuring, later reinstating about half amid backlash.

The federal government shutdown has brought respiratory virus surveillance to a halt at the national level, leaving local governments, health systems and the general public with critical blind spots ...