The government shutdown is the third-longest in US history, affecting air travel, national parks, and groceries

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This shutdown is the third-longest in history.

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Federal workers are pinching pennies during the shutdown: 'I'd love to come to work, but may not have gas money.'

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Federal workers are furloughed or working without pay during the government shutdown.

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All DOGE staff are working through the government shutdown — while a third of White House staff are being sent home

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The White House's shutdown plan calls for sending about one-third of its staff home during the shutdown. But all 45 DOGE staff are exempt from that.

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Why healthcare coverage for millions of Americans is at the heart of the government shutdown

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Congress is split over the future of Affordable Care Act subsidies and Medicaid funding.

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A government shutdown would be a 'gut punch' to Head Start programs that serve 10,000 low income children

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Alliance for Community Empowerment, Director of Early Learning Tanya Lloyd, right, interacts with a child in the Head Start program, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Alliance for Community Empowerment, Director of Early Learning Tanya Lloyd, right, interacts with a child in the Head Start program, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

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The US needs to get its ballooning debt problems under control to keep the dollar dominant, former IMF official says

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US debt notched $32 trillion for the first time this year.

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