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For the past few months many federal workers hoped against hope that they would get a bonus holiday today from the White House. And they got it, sort of.
December 24, 2018 -
There's little effect on the public so far, but that will change the longer this partial government shutdown goes on.
December 22, 2018 -
A partial federal shutdown is taking hold after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump's demands for $5 billion for his cherished Mexican border wall
December 22, 2018 -
The government shutdown clock is ticking and almost nobody wants one, although the president did say he would be “proud” to do it if Congress doesn’t approve funding for a southern border wall.
December 18, 2018 -
Congress is considering whether to give feds a 1.9 percent pay raise in January. And the president has yet to decide or at least announce his decision whether to give nonemergency federal workers a bonus holiday on Christmas Eve.
December 13, 2018 -
Could the likelihood of a government shutdown or a coast-to-coast barrier depend on what we the U.S. decide to call it? Some so-called Washington experts think it might work.
December 12, 2018 -
President Donald Trump says he plans to sign an order next week that could lead to the large-scale detention of migrants crossing the southern border and bar anyone caught crossing illegally from claiming asylum.
November 01, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, speaking to supporters last night, the president said he's secured commitments from Congressional leaders to fund a border wall.
September 07, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office says Customs and Border Protection is not factoring in certain factors when determining the cost for the proposed wall at the U.S. southern border.
August 09, 2018 -
If the surprise pay raise approved by the Senate makes it through the White House, what would it put in your wallet? We're looking at what’s happening and not happening with pay, shutdowns and appropriations on Capitol Hill.
August 08, 2018 -
Today the House is in recess until after Labor Day. Proposed changes in FERS, which would require you to pay 6 percent more for the benefit while cost of living adjustments would be eliminated for retirees, seem less urgent.
August 06, 2018 -
With a possible governmentwide shutdown just 58 days away, survivors of previous time-outs are remembering how they coped, if they were ordered not to work, or to go to work without the guarantee of getting paid.
August 03, 2018 -
Unusually, the Senate is moving faster than the House this year on appropriations bills for 2019.
July 31, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Postal Service says millenials received significantly less mail in 2017 than the year before. Meanwhile Mitch McConnell said he has no plans to shut down the government over President Trump’s push for border wall funds.
July 31, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the space agency says it's hiring new flight directors and you don't necessarily need previous experience to apply.
March 28, 2018