Numerous federal websites have posted messages blaming the current federal government shutdown on Democrats. Some say that's a Hatch Act violation.

The US government’s shutdown is shaking the nation at a time when public health staffing has already been reduced, the threat of disease outbreaks looms, and both the respiratory virus season and hurricane season are upon us.

The federal government is obligated by treaty to fund services, such as healthcare and education to tribal nations in exchange for the government taking tribal lands in the 1800s.

HARTFORD - The possibility of a partial shutdown of the federal government is causing uncertainty and unease among nonprofit organizations and associations that provide social services to 500,000 people in Connecticut and employ 118,000 workers.

Follow news on the government shutdown after Congress fails to pass a federal budget plan. Trump has threatened mass layoffs in the coming days for federal workers.

The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights on Monday formally recommended barring Harvard University from receiving federal funding, three months after it accused the university of violating civil rights laws by failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students on campus.