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  • Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) arrives at Democratic Party caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/ File Photo

    Factbox: What happens in a U.S. government shutdown?

    By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker and Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker, Reuters

    In shutdowns, nonessential government employees are furloughed, or placed on temporary unpaid leave. Workers deemed essential, including those dealing with public safety and national security, keep...

  • FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist holds prescription painkiller OxyContin at a local pharmacy in Provo

    Delaware Sues Opioid Manufacturers, Distributors Over Epidemic

    By Nate Raymond, Reuters

    (Reuters) - Delaware on Friday became the latest state to file a lawsuit accusing corporations of helping fuel the national opioid epidemic, suing a wide range of companies involved in making,...

  • usFILE PHOTO: A bulldozer moves coal at the Murray Energy Corporation port facility in Powhatan Point, Ohio

    Trump's Coal Job Push Stumbles in Most States

    By Valerie Volcovici, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's effort to put coal miners back to work stumbled in most coal producing states last year, even as overall employment in the downtrodden sector grew...

  • FILE PHOTO - Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin listens as U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a tax reform industry meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

    Trump Tries to Sell Tax Reform to Democrats

    By David Morgan, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump intensified his efforts to sell Democrats on his tax reform plan on Wednesday even as Senate Republicans edged closer to passing a budget measure that...

  • FILE PHOTO: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson (L) listens to Representative Tom Marino (R-PA) (R) before a House Judiciary committee hearing on the 'Oversight of the US Department of Homeland Security' on Capitol Hill in Washington July 14, 20

    Trump's drug czar nominee withdraws from consideration

    By Sarah N. Lynch and Makini Brice, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. lawmaker who was President Donald Trump's pick for drug czar withdrew on Tuesday after a report he spearheaded a bill that hurt the government's ability to crack down...

  • A member of the Ukrainian armed forces patrols area in the government-held village of Travneve, Ukraine, November 23, 2017. Picture taken November 23, 2017. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko

    Exclusive: U.S. increasing non-lethal military aid to Ukraine

    By Warren Strobel and Patricia Zengerle, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to increase non-lethal military assistance to Ukraine, including deliveries of the first Humvee vehicles, having decided for now not to provide weapons...

  • Norman Seabrook (C) exits the Manhattan District court house in New York, U.S., July 22, 2016. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

    Ex-NY Islanders co-owner loses bid to cut 20-year prison term

    By Jonathan Stempel, Reuters

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stephen Walsh, a former co-owner of the New York Islanders hockey team, has been ordered to begin a 20-year prison term over an estimated $554 million fraud, after a federal...

  • Why Government Doesn’t Get Tech

    By David Kirkpatrick, Techonomy

    Leaders in and out of government worry that regulation and policy are not keeping up with the pace of change. “I’m very worried,” says Neelie Kroes, who has served as a vice president of the European...

  • U.S. 10-year TIPS breakeven rate rises after auction

    By Reuters

    This gauge of investors' long-term inflation expectations, as measured by the yield gap between 10-year TIPS and regular 10-year Treasury notes widened as much as 2 basis points to 1.86 percent after...

  • FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions looks on during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, DC, U.S. on July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein/File Photo

    Ex-NY Islanders co-owner loses bid to cut 20-year prison term

    By Jonathan Stempel, Reuters

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stephen Walsh, a former co-owner of the New York Islanders hockey team, has been ordered to begin a 20-year prison term over an estimated $554 million fraud, after a federal...