The United States government shut down at midnight on Wednesday, Oct. 1, leaving more than 2.1 million federal workers furloughed or working without pay. A 54-44 Senate vote failed to pass on Friday, ...

A clerical mistake worth roughly 5 million dollars set off a chain of events that prosecutors say morphed into a sprawling COVID relief scam, complete with shell companies, forged documents, and ...

Massive government relief passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic moved millions of Americans out of poverty last year, even as the official poverty rate increased slightly, the Census Bureau ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis woman was sentenced to 41 months after pleading guilty to defrauding COVID-19 relief programs out of ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A northeast Indiana school superintendent on Tuesday said the only thing his Head Start students and staff can do is wait for the federal government to reopen. Fremont Community ...

Navy Federal and USAA are offering federal workers government shutdown assistance services like zero-interest loans and payment relief offers. The United States government officially shutdown at ...