The federal government shutdown, which began Oct. 1, is currently the second-longest in U.S. history. Senate Democrats have refused to vote for a government funding bill without assurances that Republicans will extend the enhanced Obamacare subsidies and reverse Medicaid spending cuts.

What happens to Social Security and Medicare? Will post offices, airports and DMVs stay open? We answer top questions.

The nation’s largest federal employee union has ramped up pressure on Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, urging them to accept the GOP plan to end the shutdown. So far, Democrats have resisted the pressure.

The Internal Revenue Service began furloughing nearly half its staff Wednesday because of the ongoing government shutdown, sparking chaos and confusion among employees as the news rippled through agency offices around the country.

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point for the second time this year, but the probability of a reduction at its next meeting fell after Jerome Powell, the central bank’s chair, said that officials held “strongly differing views.

After the government shutdown began at midnight on Wednesday, can the public expect ICE agents to continue operations?

If the nationwide government shutdown continues, four Head Start programs in Oklahoma will run out of federal funding on Nov. 1.