The shutdown, now in its fifth week, halted funding for Medicare’s telehealth program, leaving many patients without vital services.

A government shutdown threatens federal funding for childcare programs that provide nutritious meals to low-income children. The Child and Adult Care Food Program, which reimburses food costs, cannot disburse funds during the shutdown.

Hundreds of thousands of federal employees are furloughed or are working without pay as the shutdown stretches into its 29th day.

FBI investigations have been slowed or stalled by the second-longest U.S. government shutdown in history, leaving the bureau without funds to pay informants or make undercover drug or gun buys, gaps that an FBI spokesperson said are putting national security at risk.

Ohio leaders are wrestling with how − if at all − to help 1.4 million people who may soon struggle to afford food.

President Donald Trump isn't curtailing travel. He's not avoiding golf or making do with a skeleton staff in the West Wing. Even hamburgers served at the White House aren't from McDonalds, this time.

The federal government shut down on Oct. 1, when Congress failed to pass a full spending bill. Legislation to temporarily fund the government so negotiations can continue has also been held up. The standoff is over an extension of healthcare subsidies through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare.

Park rangers are turning to the preschool classroom to earn some cash during the government shutdown. Here's how they're bringing nature lessons to the classroom.

A group of rank-and-file senators increasingly frustrated by the weeks-long stalemate on Capitol Hill believe they have found a possible path to end the government shutdown.