The letter was real and sent to postal workers, but it didn't signal a new policy or departure from normal practices.

Two weeks into the federal government shutdown, essential workers are already receiving partial paychecks, illustrating the growing financial stress as lawmakers failed again to reopen the ...

One essential Social Security employee didn’t foresee her surgery being upended by the federal government shutdown when she scheduled it for early October. But the longtime manager decided to postpone ...

Sen. Jon Ossoff (Ga.), the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent in the Senate, and his home-state colleague, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), voted Thursday for a Republican bill to pay essential federal ...

Maryland leaders announced several resources that will be available to residents impacted by the government shutdown. The federal government shut down on Wednesday morning after Congress failed to ...

Senate Democrats blocked a Republican-sponsored bill Thursday to pay active-duty members of the military and other essential federal employees who have been required to work during the government ...

A government shutdown means hundreds of thousands of non-essential federal workers aren't reporting to work. Or getting paid. Their last paycheck will be paid according to the regular payment schedule ...