Companies in the private sector lost 32,000 jobs in June, payroll processing firm ADP said Wednesday. The figure is below economists’ estimates of a gain of 50,000 jobs. The prior month's payrolls ...

A new survey shows rising levels of people expressing mild or strong grievances in and about the workplace, which will likely create new challenges for business owners.

Donald Trump has blamed Democratic leaders for the looming government shutdown, warning that there will be “irreversible” layoffs of federal employees if lawmakers don’t reach an agreement on a ...

Trump and Defense Secretary Hegseth call end to ‘woke’ culture, announce gender-neutral combat standards, and ease disciplinary rules in the U.S. military ...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed using American cities as training grounds for the armed forces and spoke of needing US ...

The U.S. Capitol Visitors Center is closed to visitors during the federal government shut down on October 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. The government shut down early Wednesday after Congress failed to ...

The U.S. government on Tuesday appeared to be headed for a large-scale shutdown of federal operations starting on Wednesday - including a suspension of economic data publication - as Republicans and ...

Government shutdowns have become a recurring feature of US politics, the product of partisan standoffs over spending that force federal agencies to halt a wide range of services. The latest shutdown — ...

Rulemaking of any kind will be delayed or paused until the shutdown ends. This includes the issuance of any proposed or final rules. The Office of the Federal Register (OFR) will continue to publish ...

The first U.S. government shutdown took place on May 1, 1980, and lasted just one day. Since then, shutdowns have grown longer, costlier, and increasingly disruptive, draining billions from the ...

If Congress can’t pass spending bills, parts of the federal government stop — and that can mean delayed paychecks for hundreds of thousands, disruptions to services and a long political fight. We ...

"The longer that it goes on, the deeper those losses get," a local economist said of the impact of the government shutdown on Greater Washington businesses.