The current federal shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history. For hundreds of thousands of government employees, the pause has put their paychecks at risk. If the shutdown lasts through Dec. 1, ...

Federal workers have been ordered to return to work after the end of the government shutdown as they await back pay. While an estimated 750,000 workers were furloughed during the shutdown, some others ...

For more than two weeks now during the government shutdown, Imelda Avila-Thomas has been trying in vain to get approved for unemployment compensation to help cover essentials such as food and mortgage ...

The nation’s largest union of federal workers released a statement calling for the nearly monthlong federal government shutdown to come to an end. The union didn’t single out congressional Democrats ...

The nation’s largest union representing federal workers calls for solidarity among its members as the government shutdown surpasses a month. The American Federation of Government Employees, which ...

The nonprofit World Central Kitchen, shown here in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 27, distributed free meals prepared by local restaurants to federal employees affected by the government shutdown. With the ...