The House on Wednesday passed a bill to reopen the government, sending it to President Trump’s desk and setting up the end of the longest shutdown in U.S. history. That vote came after eight members ...

The longest government shutdown in modern U.S. history came to a close Wednesday night when President Trump signed a bill to fund the government through Jan. 30, ending a 43-day-long impasse. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joseph J. Thorndike writes about tax history. The government shutdown is now history. In the annals of government dysfunction, it ...

Semafor got a look at the Trump administration’s plan, which is for paychecks to start going out on Saturday and have all gone out by next Wednesday: The roughly 12,400 affected employees working at ...