Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

For a new series, Times journalists are speaking with scientists whose research has ended as a result of policy changes by the Trump administration.

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Federal Workers’ Unions Call for Compromise on a Shutdown Deal

Union leaders representing hundreds of thousands of federal workers urged both parties to negotiate as their members prepared to receive their last paychecks until the standoff is resolved.

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Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

Separately, in the administration’s first 200 days, only two of 98 Senate-confirmed appointees to the most senior jobs in government were Black.

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Mass Layoffs Trump Is Threatening in Shutdown Fight May Be Illegal

Unions have sued to block any firings, which budget experts believe are not even needed to protect essential federal services.

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White House May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers

Union leaders and Democratic lawmakers say the move would run afoul of a law adopted under President Trump’s first term.

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Flight Delays Begin as Air Traffic Staffing Shortages Worsen

The delays came just hours after the transportation secretary warned that flying could be disrupted by the government shutdown.

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Shutdown Politics Has Republicans Singing Government’s Praises

As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching.

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Processing the Government Shutdown in a Divided America

As the government shutdown entered its first full week, emotions across the country ranged from uneasy to unconcerned.

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Partisan Shutdown Messages Could Hurt Civil Service, Experts Warn

Messages on official government channels blaming Democrats for the shutdown are one of the most significant hits yet to the longstanding wall between federal workers and politics, historians said.

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Who Do Americans Blame for the Government Shutdown?

In the first few days of the government shutdown, many voters expressed frustration over the inability of Republicans and Democrats to compromise.

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