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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 - 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...

  • U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran nuclear deal in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

    Senate Republicans Gain Crucial Support for Budget Vital to Tax Reform

    By David Morgan, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday gained crucial support for a vote on a budget resolution that is vital to President Donald Trump's hopes of signing sweeping tax reform...

  • FILE PHOTO: Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

    No Talk of Ousting Speaker Ryan, Key Conservative Says

    By Reuters

    Many Republicans are unhappy with the deal President Donald Trump reached last week with Democratic leaders to raise the government's debt ceiling and allow it to continue financing federal spending...

  • FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is lit at sunset in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

    Congress sends Trump disaster aid, debt limit increase

    By Richard Cowan and Amanda Becker, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill to provide disaster aid, extend the debt ceiling and fund the federal government for three months on Friday, delivering on...

  • GSA Scandal: A Retreat? No, Just a Pricey Party

    By Jacqueline Leo

    Why on earth did the GSA host a management retreat? Performance-based management is clearly not something the Federal government embraces. Spending money on non-essential events during a recession is...

  • Two Scandals Could Hurt Obama’s Reelection Lead

    By Eric Pianin

    It’s too soon to tell, but the mushrooming scandals over U.S. Secret Service agents consorting with prostitutes in Colombia and the General Services Administration’s lavish $823,000 regional...

  • Secret Service Scandal: It Gets Worse

    By SUSAN CORNWELL and TABASSUM ZAKARIA, Reuters

    Twenty or 21 women were brought back to a hotel in Colombia by U.S. Secret Service and military personnel in an incident last week involving alleged misconduct with prostitutes, U.S. Senator Susan...

  • GSA Leader Takes the Fifth

    By Thomas Ferraro, Reuters

    A federal government training conference deteriorated over the past decade from a productive annual gathering into "a raucous, extravagant, arrogant" event, a former U.S. government administrator...

  • Buffett Rule Busted and Buried by GOP Congress

    By Eric Pianin

    As expected, Republicans blocked a Democratic effort in the Senate Monday evening to take up the ‘Buffett Rule,’ President Obama’s effort to force millionaires to pay at least a 30 percent tax on...