WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon confirmed Friday that it has accepted an anonymous $130 million gift to help pay members of ...

Generally, all employees furloughed during a government shutdown are paid at the conclusion of the shutdown. In a letter last ...

So far, state responses have been mixed. Some, like Rhode Island, say they will funnel reserve federal welfare funds directly ...

Ohio leaders are wrestling with how − if at all − to help 1.4 million people who may soon struggle to afford food.

The US government shut down 30 days ago. WIRED spoke with more than a dozen federal workers who have struggled to pay bills, ...

With the government shutdown, there's no money for LIHEAP, the federally-funded heating assistance program for low-income ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, helps about one in eight Americans buy groceries. A halt to SNAP ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said the state will fund November food aid for children, the elderly or disabled who receive food ...

The government shutdown is only becoming harder for Americans to bear. But Republicans and Democrats still have yet to strike a funding deal.

HANOVER — Even before employees started working without pay, morale wasn’t great at the Social Security office in this South ...

Usually by now, Massachusetts would have received an influx of money from the federal government to disburse to families in ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said talks among rank-and-file senators aimed at ending the government shutdown have ramped ...