Republicans appear set on ratcheting up the pain on Democrats in a push to force them to bend and back a bill to reopen the government. The administration signaled Wednesday it would follow through on ...

Mass layoffs of US federal workers are "imminent" and could result in people permanently losing their jobs within days, the White House says, as a government shutdown continues for a second day.

The White House dismissed the majority of members on the National Council on the Humanities on Wednesday. Just four of the 26 members remain on the council’s website: Russell Berman, Keegan Callanan, ...