Washington — The more than 1.4 million federal employees who have gone without pay during the 43-day government shutdown could begin getting paychecks as soon as this Sunday, while others will have to ...

The current U.S. government shutdown has reached 28 days, marking it as the second-longest in recent history. Approximately 1.4 million federal employees are enduring this period without income, ...

WSJ’s Lindsay Ellis explains what the shutdown means for paychecks and the economy. Photo: Lindsay Ellis/WSJ; Aaron Schwartz/Reuters Millions of federal workers have started to partially lose pay, and ...

Some federal workers who are not being paid during the government shutdown have a nagging fear: They might not receive retroactive pay once the impasse is resolved. Roughly 1.4 million federal ...

Roughly 750,000 government workers are currently furloughed. The federal government shutdown has now reached its 24th day, making it the second-longest shutdown in U.S. history. Surpassing the ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana., proposed legislation last week that would allow those working to be paid during the shutdown but it failed to get enough Democratic support to pass. Democrats ...

A Republican measure that would pay essential government employees faltered in the Senate, and the G.O.P. blocked a pair of Democratic bills to pay a broader swath of workers. By Catie Edmondson ...

Federal employees would see a 1% pay increase with locality pay frozen in 2026 under an alternative pay plan issued by President Trump to Congress on Friday, while certain federal law enforcement ...

Democrats on Friday twice blocked a proposal from Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) to pay federal workers during the shutdown. A motion to advance a bill to pay excepted employees and members of the military ...

Federal employees and retirees will pay an average of 12.3% more toward their health insurance premiums in 2026, marking the second consecutive year of double-digit cost increases. The government’s ...

Washington — The more than 1.4 million federal employees who have gone without pay during the 43-day government shutdown could begin getting paychecks as soon as this Sunday, while others will have to ...