The Latest Breaking News from Government Shutdown

Veteran economist Steve Hanke dismissed Bitcoin’s (CRYPTO: BTC) rally amid the federal government shutdown as a “flight to fantasy” on Tuesday.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans of triggering the government shutdown, calling the standoff a "life or death" issue for millions of Americans.

The move is being seen by many as a strongarm tactic to pressure Democrat lawmakers into budging and reopening the government, which has entered its eighth day of shutdown.

Gold prices broke $4,000 for the first time Wednesday as investors piled into the safe haven over expectations for US interest rate cuts and worries over the US government shutdown.

More than 3,000 flight delays were reported Tuesday with Nashville and Chicago airports being hit hard

Leading cryptocurrencies slumped alongside markets on Tuesday, while gold surged to fresh highs, as the U.S. government shutdown entered its seventh day.

President Donald Trump’s administration is warning Tuesday of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a government shutdown, reversing what has been longstanding policy for some 750,000 furloughed employees, according to a memo being circulated by the White House

Staffing shortages led to more flight delays at airports across the U.S. as the federal government shutdown stretched into a seventh day

As the United States experiences its latest government shutdown, most of the daily operations of the federal government have ground to a halt. This includes much of the day-to-day work done by federal information technology and cybersecurity employees, including those at the nation’s leading civilian cybersecurity agency, the Cybersecurity and…

Corn futures are showing fractional to penny losses across most contracts on Tuesday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price at $3.78 1/2. USDA’s Crop Progress report was not published due to the government shutdown. The trade was looking for corn harvest to near 29% complete as of Sunday, with...

Air traffic controllers, expected to work without pay during the government shutdown, aren’t showing up to airports. It’s making the industry’s headcount problem even worse, with staffing down 50% in some areas.