US agency that runs nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile to furlough 80% of staff due to government shutdown

Roughly 1,400 workers at the National Nuclear Security Administration — a branch of the Department of Energy — will be sent ...
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The Fifth Branch of Government Needs To Go

The Constitution created three branches of government: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. For the past century, progressives in Congress have created a fourth branch composed of ...

How many days has the government been shut down? How would the shutdown end?

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history happened in Trump's first term in office. In December 2018, the federal ...

Day 5 of the federal government shutdown - what's open and closed?

During a government shutdown, federal agencies and services not deemed "essential" must stop working. Here's what's open and closed.

US government shuts down with path to reopening uncertain

The president also said that if a deal was not struck "we can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible, that are bad for them". The White House has suggested a shutdown could prompt ...