The present shutdown may prove have a different impact from those in the past, thanks to the Trump administrations repeated threats of dismissing federal employees instead of merely furloughing them.

24 hours into the latest US government shutdown, the political deadlock shows no sign of easing, as Republicans and Democrats remain locked in a tussle over health care funding. The impasse has forced ...

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