Federal Reserve cuts rates to lowest level in three years

The Federal Reserve was widely expected to lower interest rates by a quarter point in order to support the waning job market.

Disgust with lawmakers may lead GOP, Democrats to seek end to shutdown

Democratic and Republican strategists and pollsters agree that the government shutdown, which will hit the 30-day mark this ...

Senate rejects bills to pay federal workers during government shutdown

The Senate on Thursday rejected dueling partisan bills to pay federal workers during the government shutdown, with both Republicans and Democrats deflecting blame as many employees are set to miss ...
Houston Chronicle

Why is the government still shut down? White House launches mass firings amid health care stalemate

The federal government has been shut down for two weeks, and there is still no end in sight as Congress remains in a heated deadlock over health insurance costs. The shutdown began after Democrats ...
foxbaltimore

Secretary Duffy visits BWI, slams Wes Moore amid tensions over federal government shutdown

BALTIMORE, Md. (WBFF) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday made an unannounced visit to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), where he met privately with ...
Asheville Citizen-Times

Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples Day? Trump's proclamation slams critics

The second Monday in October is a federal holiday known as Columbus Day, but some now observe it as Indigenous Peoples Day instead. Christopher Columbus is a controversial figure, criticized for ...
The New York Times

Workers Across the Government Get Layoff Notices

Shutdown layoffs: Federal health, homeland security, education, energy and Treasury Department workers received layoff notices on Friday, according to agency officials, congressional aides and court ...
WMUR

Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown

The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started, an attempt by President Donald Trump's administration to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the ...
Colorado Public Radio

Amid government shutdown, Colorado nonprofits describe ‘chaos’ and a ‘scramble to protect the places we love’

On the eve of the government shutdown, Headwaters Trails Alliance Executive Director Meara McQuain pulled an all-nighter. Already this year, McQuain said the Grand County nonprofit was forced to scrap ...
The New York Times

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Troop Deployment in Chicago Area

The Trump administration’s attempts to justify a military presence were “simply unreliable,” the judge said. A federal appeals court is weighing a similar case regarding National Guard troops in ...
WAND

What to do if your flight is delayed or canceled during the US government shutdown

The federal government shutdown has entered its second week, and already shortages of air traffic controllers have strained operations and disrupted flights at some U.S. airports. Reagan National ...
WSKG

The federal government is still shut down. Here's what that means across the country

The federal government is currently shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country.