Competing Republican and Democratic measures to fund the federal government failed again today in the Senate, with lawmakers still at an impasse over enhanced Obamacare subsidies on the third day of ...

The IRS will furlough nearly half of its workforce as part of the ongoing government shutdown, according to the an updated contingency plan posted Wednesday to the agency website.

U.S. government employees don't get paid during a shutdown, even though many of them are required to stay on the job.