NEW YORK (AP) — Crowds of people loaded onto boats to tour the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Wednesday with no immediate signs of a government shutdown that has triggered the furlough of about ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — With the federal government shut down, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids is closed too, forcing some ArtPrize artists to move their pieces elsewhere ...

The U.S. government shut down much of its operations on Wednesday as deep partisan divisions prevented Congress and the White House from reaching a funding deal, setting off what could be a long, ...

During a government shutdown, only programs deemed essential for protecting life and property are kept operational. The employees who staff those critical programs do not get paid for their work until ...

Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and ...

A federal government shutdown started at midnight after President Donald Trump and Congress couldn't come to an agreement on legislation to keep the government operating. About 800,000 federal ...

A federal government shutdown began after a standoff between President Trump and Congress over health care funding. National parks will remain partially open with reduced services, but over 60% of ...