Pay & Benefits

Analysis: Trump Is Grinding the System to a Halt

Thousands of TSA employees continue to work without pay. It’s unfair—and it’s dangerous.

Pay & Benefits

Shutdown Roundup: TSA Workers Call in Sick, Free Classes For Feds and Park Funding Concerns

The shutdown continues to have far-reaching effects.

Oversight

An Awkward Beginning to Democratic Control of the House

The shutdown is undercutting the Democrats’ moment of triumph, muddling their opportunity to drive the national debate on their own terms.

Oversight

Shutdown Roundup: Poop in Parks, Marriage License Delays and Immigration Backups

The effects of the appropriations lapse are being felt nationwide.

Management

Analysis: How to End Government Shutdowns, Forever

Congress should stop relying on one-off funding extensions to keep the government running.

Oversight

These Are The U.S. National Parks You Can Still Visit During The Shutdown

Old Faithful's still clocking in during the shutdown.

News

Feds Share Their #ShutdownStories on Twitter

With furloughs affecting hundreds of thousands of public servants and contractors, many took to social media to vent.

Oversight

Play of the Day: What Will Be The Wall's Final Form?

Steel slats? Concrete? Tumbleweeds?