During a government shutdown, all federal agencies and services that officials do not deem "essential" must stop working.

The Senate is set to vote on advancing a measure to pay federal employees. What is it, and will it end the shutdown? What to ...

The government shutdown, now a multiday affair, continues. The United States government partially shut down Oct. 1 due to a budget impasse when Congress failed to agree on appropriations for the new ...

How long is the 2025 government shutdown expected to last? When is the next Senate vote again today? See odds on when funding ...

The US government shut down on October 1, 2025, after the Senate gridlock over healthcare funding remained unresolved. During the shutdown, 335,000 Defense employees face furloughs, the highest of any ...

Though OPM guidance states that agencies should seek to accommodate the needs of excepted workers during lapses in ...

Enforcement activity and Tax Court cases are at a standstill, and practitioners should expect backlogs and slowdowns.

The agency told large swaths of its workforce, a majority of which has continued working thus far, they would be furloughed ...

Furloughs are set to hit nonessential employees within the U.S. federal court system on Monday, signaling what could be a ...

That law, passed by Congress, “requires employees of the federal government or a District of Columbia public employer who are furloughed or required to work during a lapse in appropriations beginning ...

A furlough is a temporary nonduty, nonpay status. "Essential" employees do not get paid during a shutdown, but they'll receive back pay after. There are more than 30,000 federal employees in Tennessee ...