The federal government shutdown continues. Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to an agreement to end it. Many federal workers are missing full paychecks and don't know when they will resume.

Trade talks with Canada are once again on hold. President Trump called them off Thursday night after viewing a TV ad from Canada that criticizes tariffs.

The Senate on Thursday blocked two competing bills aimed at paying nearly a million and a half federal workers.

The federal government recalled some furloughed workers specifically to produce the inflation report, which plays a key role for Social Security beneficiaries.

Today, millions of federal workers are missing their first full paycheck since the shutdown began. And, an NBA gambling scandal has led to the arrest of over 30 people.

Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay.

President Trump says he has authority to carry out the strikes, but international experts are asking if the attacks are truly about countering narcotics or instead toppling Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro.

Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland introduced a bill that would have paid all federal workers. It didn't pass. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Van Hollen about the stalemate in Congress.

President Trump's pardon for the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance erases one of the government's most significant crackdowns on crypto crime.

The abrupt announcement comes after Trump accused Canada of using a "fake" Ronald Reagan ad to sway U.S. courts, raising the stakes in an already tense trade dispute.