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Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren’t entitled to back pay  Axios AP reader question: Do federal workers get paid during the government shutdown  AP News Government Shutdown questions: you ask WUSA9 answers  WUSA9 Furloughed federal workers are not guaranteed compensation, Axios reports  Yahoo How Capitol Hill is set to feel the government shutdown pain  Politico Source link

Trump administration weighs selling parts of $1.6T federal student loan portfolio  PoliticoView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

FILE: Enforcement officers at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, Portland, Ore., Oct. 4, 2025. Eden McCall / OPB Portland’s top attorney lambasted the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division Monday, in a letter accusing the department of turning a blind eye to federal officers’ heavy-handed response to protests. “We appear to be witnessing the federal government engaging …

The Trump administration is doubling down on threats to lay off thousands of federal employees if Congress doesn’t end the government shutdown soon, but has yet to deliver on its ultimatum. President Donald Trump told reporters Sunday night that layoffs were “taking place right now.” But in a press briefing Monday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump was …

Washington — The federal government will acquire a 10% stake in a Canadian-based company that has mining claims in remote northwestern Alaska, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and the White House announced Monday.  The $35.6 million investment in Trilogy Metals, Inc., will support mining exploration in Alaska’s Ambler Mining District, the White House says. The federal government’s agreement with the company …

The US government shutdown entered its second week on Monday, with Democratic and Republican lawmakers making no apparent progress towards reaching a deal to restart funding, while the Trump administration warned it was moving forward with plans to slash the federal workforce. Many agencies and departments closed their doors and told employees to stay home last Wednesday, after Congress failed …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers provided few public signs of meaningful negotiations to break an impasse on reopening the federal government as the shutdown entered its sixth day. House Speaker Mike Johnson said “there’s nothing for us to negotiate” while House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries declared the “time is now” to work out a deal on health care. Johnson, R-La., told …

Futures rise amid ongoing U.S. federal shutdown – what’s moving markets  Investing.com Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures rise as shutdown drags on, AMD-OpenAI deal boosts hopes  Yahoo Finance Why stocks keep hitting record highs in the middle of a government shutdown  CNN Stock Market Today: Dow, Nasdaq Open Higher; Gold Nears $4,000; AMD in Focus —Live Updates  The Wall Street Journal …

The Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, accused Democrats of being “not serious” in negotiations to end the federal government shutdown, while the Democratic leader accused Republicans of driving the shutdown, now on its fifth day and expected to last at least through next week. Talks between the opposing political parties stalled over the weekend, with no votes anticipated to end …

A person walks past the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. A lawsuit from a federal workers union argues changes to employees’ out-of-office messages to include partisan language violate the First Amendment. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images A federal workers union is suing the Trump administration for inserting language into Department of Education employees’ …