Employees say their out-of-office messages were changed without their consent to include language blaming Democrats for the shutdown.

There were no air traffic controllers expected at the tower at Hollywood Burbank Airport in the Los Angeles area, and Denver and Newark airports were experiencing delays due to shortages.

S.D., needs eight Democrats to end the shutdown, but Senate Minority Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., insists President Trump must approve the deal first.

The White House on Monday backed off President Donald Trump's assertion that U.S. government employees were being laid off "right now" due to the shutdown, but warned that job losses could result if Congress does not restore federal funding.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill are "ready to sit down to work things out," after President Donald Trump said Monday that he'd be open to striking a deal with Democrats on the shutdown fight.

WASHINGTON ― The decision by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to keep the House of Representatives out of session during a government shutdown has a curious side effect: It’s delaying a vote on the Jeffrey Epstein files.

It's becoming a challenge for a food pantry in Littleton to stay open as economic uncertainties mount, a tougher job market takes hold and prices continue to rise.

The White House tightened its pressure on congressional Democrats as a US government shutdown lurched into a second week, saying it would give the holdouts another chance to agree to the spending bill before initiating mass firings of federal workers.