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WATCH: ‘Do your damn job,’ federal worker union leaders tell Congress mired in shutdown

By Associated Press

Union leaders criticized both parties in Congress but also targeted President Donald Trump, accusing him of using federal workers as “political pawns” after warnings Tuesday that back pay is not guaranteed.

Without a new jobs report, U.S. ‘flying blind’ on hiring in an uncertain economy

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

The first Friday morning of the month typically brings a quiet hush around 8:30 a.m. eastern as everyone awaits the Labor Department's crucial monthly jobs report. Not this month, though.

Amid shutdown fight, Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025

By Jill Colvin, Associated Press

In a post on his Truth Social site Thursday morning, Trump announced he would be meeting with his budget chief, “Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a…

Shutdowns usually don’t do much economic damage, but there are reasons to worry this time

By Paul Wiseman, Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

Trump's massive layoff threat and the precarious state of the American economy raise the odds of longer-lasting damage.

Vital economic data, including Friday’s jobs report, cut off in government shutdown

By Christopher Rugaber, Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

The government shutdown that began Wednesday will deprive policymakers and investors of economic data vital to their decision-making at a time of unusual uncertainty about the direction of the U.S. economy.

Gold prices hit record highs amid U.S. government shutdown

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press

Gold sales can rise sharply when anxious investors seek "safe havens" for parking their money.

What happens now that a government shutdown is underway

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

A lot of government continues during a federal shutdown.

Medicare, FEMA and air traffic control: How a government shutdown could impact public services

By Associated Press

Employee furloughs and potential layoffs would halt some government activities, but other functions — like NASA's space missions, Trump's immigration crackdown and certain public health work at FDA and the USDA — would continue.

750,000 federal employees could be furloughed daily in shutdown, CBO estimates

By Associated Press

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that roughly 750,000 federal employees could be furloughed each day of a shutdown, with the total daily cost of their compensation at roughly $400 million, according to an analysis of federal agencies’ latest contingency plans…

Here’s why experts think Trump took ‘a sledgehammer’ to the H-1B visa worker program

By Hannah Grabenstein

Business leaders support the visas as a way to bring talent to the U.S., while others say the program allows companies to hire foreign workers at lower wages than they would pay Americans.