Government Shutdown

A recent goof by the Associated Press indicates that real-time fact-checking still doesn't exactly know what it's doing.

• By Ben Rowen

Options include drinking a beer, eating some cheese, and learning a new language.

• By Kelley Czajka

Some states have halted training and may be underprepared for the 2019 fire season.

• By Kelley Czajka

Numbers offer the clearest picture of the situation at the border.

• By Massoud Hayoun

Passengers wait in a Transportation Security Administration line at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 9th, 2019, in New York City.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Primetime Oval Office addresses are outdated, but may still be effective for Trump.

• By Francie Diep

A legal expert on emergency powers weighs in.

• By Emily Moon

In his primetime address, Trump will try to frame the border as a national emergency and a humanitarian crisis. But the current pressure—and exigence for the address—comes from the ongoing government shutdown.

• By Jack Herrera

As stories about the shutdown's effects on the federal workforce stream in, it's worth considering just who these federal workers are, and how vulnerable many are to a missed paycheck.

• By Dwyer Gunn

The administration is failing to meet guarantees on the immigration court backlog and deportations.

• By Massoud Hayoun

No one has ever shut down the government before over a single issue. Plus: What's special about this incoming class of congresspeople.

• By Francie Diep

National parks that remain open during the shutdown have seen a number of issues as a result of understaffing, including litter and vandalism.

• By Rebecca Worby

Some Americans feel government shutdowns more acutely than others.

• By Francie Diep

A number of controversial issues have emerged in recent weeks as roadblocks to a new budget bill.

• By Dwyer Gunn

The Senate voted on Monday to advance a continuing resolution funding the government through February 8th. The House is expected to pass the resolution.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Barring any new deal in the next hour, the federal government will officially shut down and cease non-essential functions at 12:01 a.m.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Once again, the federal government is headed for a shutdown. Here's what that would mean for our economy—and for some of our country's most vulnerable citizens.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Lawmakers now have until December 22nd to agree on another funding bill.

• By Dwyer Gunn

The government is due to run out of money on Friday. What happens next?

• By Dwyer Gunn

A supermajority of the Senate voted on Thursday to pass a short-term measure to raise the debt ceiling.

• By Morgan Baskin

Constituents in Tea Party districts demanded conservative stances from their elected officials, but that didn't need to include destructive or potentially catastrophic tactics.

• By Seth Masket

Never cheated before? Then this probably isn't your bag—and you're probably not human—but for everyone else, we'll be publishing stories about bending, breaking, and totally ignoring the rules all week long.

• By Ryan O'Hanlon

A long time ago, amid a fight like today's, the conservative's conservative told Congress he loved them.

• By Marc Herman

Or will the majority of voters have moved on to other issues by the time we reach the mid-term elections?

• By Seth Masket