Government Shutdown

Miami International Airport is closing a terminal this weekend due to the government shutdown because security screeners have been calling in sick at…

As a partial government shutdown continues into its third week, NASA announced the delay of a test flight of SpaceX’s Commercial Crew capsule. The private…

Employees of Florida’s federal prisons are asking the state’s members of congress to push for a reversal of the U.S. government shutdown. Workers held a...

Brewmasters at craft breweries across the nation are bemoaning the government shutdown — the federal agency that has to approve new labels for new brews is closed, delaying all new releases.

The government partially shut down, President Trump and the first lady made a secret visit to Iraq, and the stock market plunged and rebounded — all in just over a week.

In the second week of the federal shutdown, consumers might notice fallout in unexpected places, from poop in national parks to closed museums.

As the partial government shutdown continued into its second week, the president invited a bipartisan group of lawmakers to the White House for talks. "Let's make a deal?" Trump asked in a tweet.

The partial government shutdown is hurting the pocketbooks of 800,000 federal workers. But it also could affect consumer and business confidence down the line.

There's no end in sight for the spending standoff that has forced the shutdown of about a quarter of the federal government. The longer the shutdown continues, the more services will be affected.

"There's no getting around it," says Linda St. Thomas, chief spokeswoman for the Smithsonian. About two-thirds of the institution's staff are federal employees and will be furloughed effective Jan. 2.

Lawmakers planned to extend the law, but it expired on Friday. Payment requests from VAWA-funded programs will be delayed until the law is reauthorized, but grants already given will not be affected.

Mail service and Social Security checks won't be interrupted, but national parks and small business loans will see some temporary changes.