The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act, or GEFTA, guarantees back pay for employees furloughed or required to work unpaid during any “lapse in appropriations that begins on or after Dec. 22,” ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune told ABC News Live's Linsey Davis that federal workers will get back pay once the ...

The Senate failed once again to advance the GOP clean, short-term measure to fund the government for the seventh time by a ...

Air traffic controllers, who are required to work without pay during the shutdown, are credited with helping end the most recent shutdown in 2019, when a series of absences snarled flights and ...

The last federal shutdown ran for 35 days, from Dec. 22, 2018, to Jan. 25, 2019, making it the longest closure in U.S.

Elon Musk highlighted a 2019 tweet from former Vice President Kamala Harris calling for President Donald Trump to be banned from social media as she defended “free speech” after ABC suspended Jimmy ...

China's Premier Li Qiang plans to visit North Korea this week, marking the highest-level Chinese visit since 2019 ...

Here are some frequently asked questions about how a government shutdown impacts travel: Transportation Security ...