The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act, or GEFTA, guarantees back pay for employees furloughed or required to work unpaid during any “lapse in appropriations that begins on or after Dec. 22,” ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune told ABC News Live's Linsey Davis that federal workers will get back pay once the ...

Air traffic controllers, who are required to work without pay during the shutdown, are credited with helping end the most recent shutdown in 2019, when a series of absences snarled flights and ...

The bad blood between President Donald Trump and New York Attorney General Letitia James, which has led to Thursday's federal ...

China's Premier Li Qiang plans to visit North Korea this week, marking the highest-level Chinese visit since 2019 ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James has battled big tech, opioid manufacturers and the National Rifle Association ...

Houses of worship have faced various types of attacks throughout history, but such assaults are not relics of the past ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is warning of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a shutdown ...

Venezuela has warned of an alleged plan by extremists to attack the shuttered U.S. Embassy complex in Caracas with explosives ...

A Catholic bishop in Peru’s Amazon is warning that mercury from illegal gold mining is contaminating rivers, fish and people ...

Back pay for furloughed workers has been a point of contention throughout the eight-day government shutdown, despite the fact ...