Whether parks stay open depends on the administration. In 2013, all national parks closed during a 16-day shutdown. During ...

Staying open: The VA’s primary call center, its veterans crisis line, suicide prevention programs, homelessness services, and ...

As the government funding deadline and the threat of a shutdown approaches, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer is urging his colleagues to keep the government open for the sake of American cattlemen, while ...

Social Security is considered mandatory, and funding for those programs is generally unaffected by a shutdown. Medicare ...

The federal government is on the brink of its 15th partial shutdown since 1981 because lawmakers have failed to agree on a ...

It’s a 50-year-old state law that requires public agencies to make their records available to Kentucky residents on request.

The impact of a government shutdown on travel is unclear this time around, given the possibility of mass layoffs within the ...

During a government shutdown, only programs deemed essential for protecting life and property are kept operational.

With lawmakers on Capital Hill appearing to be at an end pass, the possibility of a Government Shutdown grows larger. AFFES ...

There’s a new level of uncertainty about how things will unfold, both because of the politics surrounding the stalemate and ...

A government shutdown is looming as members of Congress block a short-term spending bill. Find out how a shutdown could affect Illinois.

Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson slammed Democrats for treating Iowans' health care as a "political game" rather than accepting a ...