Federal workers who don't normally need social services are on their 21st day without pay, while food programs such as SNAP and WIC are going to run out of funding next month.

Three weeks into a U.S. government shutdown, Republicans who control Congress have begun talking about possible next steps in what has been a stalemate with Democrats who are withholding their support from a temporary funding bill until they win an extension of a healthcare subsidy.

The federal government shutdown is already one of the nation's longest. Here are 10 key dates to watch as the stalemate in Congress continues.

Now with the government shutdown, business owner Berek Awend says it's making it difficult to hire workers, expand and even advertise.

Arizona sues Speaker Mike Johnson over the delayed swearing-in of Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, with Attorney General Kris Mayes claiming voter disenfranchisement.

In a series of letters to administration officials, the Democrats, led by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the party’s top appropriator in the Senate, demanded the agencies abandon their layoff plans and provide more details on how they were conceived. Implementation of the reductions in force are currently paused due to a court order.

Canada’s statistics agency says it hasn’t received any data on US imports of Canadian goods for September, raising the possibility that it won’t be able to proceed with a scheduled release of trade figures on Nov 4.