Last updated: 2025-10-29 13:44:10 ET
A federal judge extended a temporary order blocking the Trump administration's mass-layoff plans during the government shutdown, multiple news outlets reported.
'Mass firings of federal employees'
Senate Democrats largely brushed off the pleas of a longtime party ally to end the 28-day government shutdown on Tuesday, rejecting a clean funding measure to reopen the government for the 13th time. Senators voted 54 to 45 to temporarily fund the go...
Roughly 1.4 million federal workers have gone unpaid as the shutdown reaches Day 28, and as no signs emerge of lawmakers reaching a deal to fund the government. CBS News' Nikole Killion has more from Capitol Hill.
The nonprofit group World Central Kitchen set up a distribution site in Washington, D.C., on Monday for furloughed federal workers as the government shutdown hit Day 27. CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand has more.
The World Central Kitchen is feeding furloughed federal workers and their families amid the ongoing government shutdown. CBS News' Natalie Brand has the latest.
Most federal workers are entitled to back pay when the shutdown ends, but there are some exceptions.
The American Federation of Government Employees is calling for a stopgap funding measure to bring employees back to work with back pay.
Senate Democrats were dealt a severe blow on Monday morning when the country’s largest federal workers union called for a swift end to the government shutdown. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), a union representing more th...
As more than one million government employees go without pay, many are turning to side jobs and food banks to make ends meet.
