Good morning, Early Birds. Welcome to the third day of the shutdown and the first day of The Life of a Showgirl. Send tips to ...

Republicans and Democrats blame each other for the funding gap, and there is little sign either side is willing to compromise ...

The government must furlough or stop all non-essential functions until funding is voted on and approved by Congress and ...

The federal government shutdown is already hitting home for thousands of Minnesotans. From postponed paychecks, to closed ...

Over 29,000 civilian federal workers live in Michigan, many of them in Metro Detroit, the Congressional Research Service says ...

At 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, the U.S. government ran out of funding and was forced to shut down after Donald Trump and ...

Nearly one third of the 30,000 federal employees who work in Oregon were expected to stop working after the government shut ...

In New Hampshire, we put together a responsible, balanced budget every two years — leaders in Washington should take a page ...

Government staff describe their uncertainty during a budget impasse - though not all of them oppose the shutdown.

Top Senate Republican John Thune and key Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speak to NBC News about what’s next in the ...

Last week, the White House Office of Management and Budget told federal agencies to consider layoffs, or reductions-in-force, ...

Trump’s threats of mass layoffs comes at a time when the economy is already on a “knife’s edge” and the chasm between the two ...