The government shutdown stretched into Day 28 Tuesday as the stalemate over how to reopen the government continues.

Active service members may start going without pay if a deal to end the government shutdown isn’t reached soon.

The American Federation of Government Employees is calling for a stopgap funding measure to bring employees back to work with back pay.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has kept the House out of session since Sept. 19, and the unfinished work is piling up as the shutdown drags into its sixth week.

The central bank is poised to lower interest rates again on Wednesday despite having only a partial view of how the economy is faring.

Government shutdown enters fifth week as federal workers face missed paychecks. Senate votes continue to fail while air traffic controllers and military await pay.

By Saturday morning, the federal budget impasse won’t just be about politics. It will begin to land in grocery store checkout lines, in pay stubs for federal workers, and in inboxes from health insurance companies.

Active service members may start going without pay if a deal to end the government shutdown isn’t reached soon.