Democrats continue to insist on greater health care spending as a condition to reopen the government. But Republicans disagree.

The Social Security Administration will continue distributing disability and SSI payments, but some services are unavailable during the government shutdown.

The national debt is rising faster than ever and threatens to undermine confidence in the economy, experts warn.

The government shutdown is straining air traffic controllers and causing delays at major airports as pilots associations demand lawmakers end the political standoff.

While the government is still shutdown for a third week, there's been talks about getting a fourth round of stimulus checks from President Trump and a member of Congress.

Public finance expert Linda Bilmes says the “arbitrariness” of who gets paid and who doesn’t during shutdowns exposes the “dysfunction” of the budget approval process.

Alyssa Farah Griffin and Joy Behar clashed during "The View" on Wednesday as Behar argued that the Republicans "own everything" amid the ongoing government shutdown.

The government shutdown enters Day 21 and Vice President JD Vance traveled to Israel as the administration works to secure the fragile ceasefire with Hamas.

Most Americans are yet to feel the pain, too. Less than 2% of the country’s jobs are in the federal government. The usual shutdown irritations seem to have been softened. People are still going to the country’s national parks, for example, which the administration has decided to keep open.

An estimated 42 million individuals receive Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits monthly.