With no end in sight to the funding standoff, financial anxiety is growing. One single mom in Colorado raided her retirement savings to get through the shutdown.

If Congress doesn't act, costs will rise on premiums for health care plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. Here's what to know about the politics and real-world impact of this issue.

Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.

The far-right leader of Venezuela's opposition party said that the current president is illegitimate and called for his removal.

President Trump's announcement comes days before active duty members would have missed their first full paycheck as the shutdown of the federal government continues.

The shutdown is forcing the closure of a number of America's beloved cultural institutions starting Sunday. Twenty-one Smithsonian museums, its research centers and the National Zoo are all affected.

Dominion Voting Systems has been sold to Liberty Vote. Dominion was at the center of fraudulent vote rigging claims by President Trump and his allies during the 2020 election.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to reporter Greg Bluestein about Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who says her party needs to end the government shutdown and work with Democrats on health care.

Argentina's economy is spiraling. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with economist Monica de Bolle about the Trump administration's plan to rescue it.

President Trump threatens a massive tariff hike on China, and Americans begin to feel the effects of the government shutdown.