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 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has confirmed a 1% pay increase for most federal employees in 2026. This adjustment, effective from January, is part of the annual salary increment plan ...

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 ...

President Trump has threatened to deny back pay to some furloughed workers. President Donald Trump this week indicated that the federal government may deny back pay to some employees furloughed amid a ...

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 ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, for his part, said he was not aware of any change in policy on back pay for furloughed federal employees during the government shutdown. “I don’t know what statute ...

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 ...