Within the same agencies, some employees are drawing their salaries during the shutdown, and others are working without pay.

The shutdown of the United States federal government has now entered its third week as politicians from both major parties continue to battle over health care subsidies, foreign aid and other budgetary matters.

Democrats are talking to their voters who are desperate to fight. Republicans rarely reach beyond their base. And President Donald Trump, supposedly the world’s greatest dealmaker, is tuned out.

The Marine Band was set to play free public concerts Friday, Oct. 17 at OU in Norman and Sunday, Oct. 19 at OSU in Stillwater.

The federal government controlling the vast majority of land in Nevada dates all the way back to the 1800s when the territory was first admitted to the United States, according to a former longtime employee.

Climate Central, a nonprofit research organization comprised of scientists and communicators, announced it brought the billion-dollar disaster dataset back to life.

Federal law enforcement agents have since mid-September 2025 used excessive force against peaceful protesters, legal observers, volunteer street medics, and journalists during demonstrations outside a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in suburban Chicago,

ICE is spending tens of millions of dollars on new spyware contracts, including eye-scanning and facial recognition apps