Although the market hates the threat of a federal government shutdown – an outcome that looks increasingly possible later this month – the S&P 500's performance during past shutdowns has been ...

For the third time in less than six months, a looming government shutdown is getting a lot of attention. After a long delay amid the COVID-19 pandemic, student loan repayments resumed in the fall.

When a shutdown happens, the government isn’t able to spend money — with some exceptions — meaning that federal employees across the country are expected to work without pay until the ...

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to abolish the Department of Education. On the campaign trail, he repeatedly pointed ...

With Republicans on cusp of unified control of Washington, Congress appears primed to extend federal funding well into ...

The Department of Education provides about 10% of K-12 funding, enforces civil rights laws and runs the $1.6 trillion student ...

However, with a shutdown, they would be furloughed, meaning they’d be working without pay. During a previous government shutdown that lasted 35 days, employees had to find additional work to ...

Donald Trump won’t arrive back in the White House until January. But he’ll have fingerprints over every piece of the lame ...

Social Security currently faces a funding crisis that would see benefits slashed by roughly 20 percent by as early as 2035.

Trump has said he would move thousands of troops currently stationed overseas to the southern border of the U.S. He has also ...

The federal government ordered an end to TikTok's Canadian operations on Wednesday, citing national security concerns. But ...