President Trump said Wednesday that a stand-alone bill to pay military service members during a government shutdown “probably will happen,” contradicting comments from House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.

The Senate failed once again to advance the GOP clean, short-term measure to fund the government for the seventh time by a vote of 54-45.

More than a million service members are on track to miss a paycheck next week unless Congress reopens the government or passes a bill to pay them.

Speaker Mike Johnson says the House already voted to fund the government and pay troops, insisting it’s now up to the Senate to end the shutdown.

Among the 750,000 furloughed workers or relying on federal services? Here's how to build a financial buffer, protect your budget and limit the damage until the politicians turn the lights back on.

A new legal opinion from OMB contradicts the White House’s prior interpretation of a 2019 law guaranteeing back pay for furloughed employees after a shutdown.

Allowing bills to become delinquent is wrong, but there are times when your available cash can be stretched only so far. That doesn’t mean you are excused from payment, just that you need to know how to prioritize in a way that will cause the least amount of long-term damage and keep you in the best position to eventually get caught up.

A string of Americans frustrated by the government shutdown called into C-SPAN on Thursday, Oct. 9, to confront House Speaker Mike Johnson. In one particularly dramatic exchange, a woman who identified herself as a military wife pleaded with the speaker to reopen the government or pass funding to ensure military families don't miss a paycheck on Oct.