government shutdown

Trump recalls 50,000 workers without pay; shutdown costs hit $1 billion a week

January 16, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

The cost is so high that now even Trump’s own top economist admits it could end U.S. economic growth and send the nation into recession.

McConnell’s medieval moves to continue the shutdown

January 15, 2019 By Lowell B. Denny, III

The leader of the U.S. Senate, Republican Mitch McConnell has resolutely refused to consider any bill that Trump does not approve of.

Union tells Court Trump violates Constitution by not paying workers

January 14, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

The amendment says the government may not “deprive anyone of life, liberty or property without due process of law.” The workers’ salaries are their property since they earned them, NATCA says.

Routine FDA food inspections suspended by shutdown

January 11, 2019 By Lorraine Chow

Americans only just survived the great romaine lettuce scare of 2018, and now the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has postponed routine domestic food safety inspections.

Government shut down, but oil development mostly open for business

January 10, 2019 By Greta Moran

“The oil industry is still getting business as usual and everybody else is getting shut out, so it’s fundamentally not fair."