How the longest federal government shutdown affected Wisconsin: A timeline of 43 days

Here's a timeline of how the longest shutdown in U.S. history played out in Wisconsin, including the back-and-forth over SNAP ...

Government reopens after record shutdown, but impacts could linger. Latest updates.

The federal government is back open after a record-breaking 43-day shutdown ‒ but the effects from the nation's longest-ever ...

The United States must stop sending people to be tortured in El Salvador

As the White House toys with the no-joke prospect of actually invading Venezuela out of (understandable) ire at the ...

Opinion: Could the United States Constitution be created today?

Thanks in part to our current contentious, partisan political climate, there have been calls for modifying or replacing the ...
The Art Newspaper

With end of US government shutdown, National Gallery of Art and Smithsonian museums start reopening

Areas of the National Gallery of Art and parts of the Smithsonian were open to the public for the first time in more than a ...

Feds file notice to appeal injunction barring deployment of National Guard to Oregon

The federal government on Friday filed a notice of its intent to appeal U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut’s permanent ...

The shutdown is over. But for federal workers, the anxiety persists.

WASHINGTON — Jessie Holwell, a Veterans Affairs employee in the Phoenix region who was furloughed for weeks, said it would ...

The Latest: Federal offices reopen as the government shutdown ends

President Donald Trump has signed a government funding bill, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for ...
America Magazine

The government shutdown has ended. But America’s hunger crisis continues.

With food insecurity on the rise across the country, SNAP became a political football during the federal shutdown as ...
Government Executive

Union: IRS is dawdling on federal workers’ back pay

Contrary to a timeline offered by administration officials on Thursday, the Internal Revenue Service told employees Friday ...

You can end a shutdown overnight — but you can’t reopen a government that fast

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history may be officially over, but getting everything back up and running won't ...

What's in the bill to reopen the federal government?

The legislation also guarantees retroactive pay for the roughly 1.4 million federal workers who were furloughed or worked without pay during the shutdown. Many missed two full paychecks, as well as a ...