Two weeks into the federal government shutdown, essential workers are already receiving partial paychecks, illustrating the growing financial stress as lawmakers failed again to reopen the government.

INDIANAPOLIS — The government shutdown is on Day 23, nearing the longest in U.S. history. This as thousands of government workers are furloughed, with others — the ones considered essential — required ...

This story was originally published on MyNorthwest.com. Their work is considered so essential that certain federal employees are required to stay on the job during the U.S. government shutdown, even ...

WASHINGTON ‒ The Senate is set to vote Thursday on a Republican-backed bill to pay some federal workers who are working through the government shutdown as the shutdown rolls into Day 23. The bill, ...

Their work is considered so essential that certain federal employees are required to stay on the job during the U.S. government shutdown, even though they’re not getting paid. Oddly enough, if they ...