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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump insisted that 1.3 million active-duty military troops would get paid this week, ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 22 other attorneys general submitted 13 feedback letters to oppose various federal proposals aimed at rolling back existing gun control ...

One essential Social Security employee didn’t foresee her surgery being upended by the federal government shutdown when she scheduled it for early October. But the longtime manager decided to postpone ...

The federal government has shut down for the first time in six years because Congress failed to approve a federal spending bill before October 1. Republicans and Democrats are still far apart in ...

Some federal employees missed full paychecks Friday for the first time since the government shut down on Oct. 1, as the closure will last at least until Monday, the next time the Senate is expected to ...

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WASHINGTON − The federal government shutdown is already one of the nation's longest at 22 days, with no end in sight, as Democrats and Republicans in Congress remain locked in a bitter stalemate. The ...