You might think that having a long-standing government job would mean secure retirement benefits, but not so much for dozens of recently retired United States Postal Service (USPS) workers. Billy Wright, 60, worked for 29 years as a postal worker in Waxahachie, Texas, and retired last November. Like many of his peers, he has been…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown this week is poised to become the longest in history as the impasse between Democrats and Republicans stretches into a new month. Millions of people could lose food aid benefits, health care subsidies are about to expire, and there is little real talk between the parties about how to…
WASHINGTON — The federal government shutdown is approaching the second longest in U.S. history; However, Maryland lawmakers have not been idle as their members have often been front and center as the parties argue over health care, terminations and federal workers. “Democrats want to reopen the government, but we will not be a seal of…
The government shutdown has been extended into a new week as most Democrats and Republicans in Congress remain at loggerheads, leaving federal workers, the military and other Americans worried about critical paychecks. The Senate funding bill failed for the 10th time on Thursday, but senators will vote again on Monday. Democrats have been pushing to…
When Washington shuts down, it doesn’t just freeze politics. A closure also affects the real estate market. Home buyers are facing stalled loan approvals, sellers are juggling delayed closing dates and furloughed federal employees are wondering how to make next month’s mortgage payment. The ripple effects can be felt everywhere, from rural towns awaiting USDA…
By Ahmed Aboulenein, Andy Sullivan, Nathan Layne and Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Friday it had initiated substantial layoffs across the U.S. government, as President Donald Trump made good on his threat to cut the federal workforce during the government shutdown. Job cuts were being made at the Treasury Department,…
