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The White House is now making good on its threats to fire federal workers because of the government shutdown, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought said Friday.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is refusing to use the so-called nuclear option to get rid of the legislative filibuster so Republicans can end the government shutdown without needing Democratic votes.

A same-day delivery driver in the Twin Cities area is facing theft charges after being accused of stealing packages.

President Trump is expected to make an announcement Friday about lowering drug prices.

Consumer sentiment remains steady in October, with Americans feeling skittish about high prices and poor job prospects but showing no signs of panic over the government shutdown, according to a key index.

The Senate on Thursday rejected dueling stopgap bills to fund the government for the seventh time as Republicans slammed Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer for saying every day of the shutdown "gets better" for Democrats.

D.C. businesses are investing less in the local economy as they eye a prolonged financial downturn driven by federal worker layoffs, the D.C. Policy Center reported.

Anduril founder and CEO Palmer Luckey told an audience in Washington on Wednesday night that he sees his company "as kind of the gun store of our allies and partners around the world," a nod to the rapidly expanding role the firm is playing in the ...

The partisan messaging campaigns about the government shutdown unleashed a whirlwind of political spin where obfuscation and twisting of facts are clouding several inconvenient truths about the partisan impasse.

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage edged lower this week, returning to its lowest level in about a year.