Monuments and memorials on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and Smithsonian museums closed during the partial government shutdown are set to reopen.

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Maryland officials are extending free rides on many transit trains and buses for federal employees affected by the government shutdown.

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President Donald Trump planned to speak about the government shutdown on Friday as intensifying delays at the nation's airports and widespread disruptions brought new urgency to efforts to resolve the 35-day impasse.

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Furloughed federal workers struggling to pay their bills showed up Wednesday at an emergency food bank in Baltimore to pick up free groceries as the longest government shutdown in U.S. history grinds on.

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The federal government shutdown, now in its 33rd day, has revealed an unintended consequence affecting some prospective lawyers: the administration of the February bar exam in the District of Columbia. While the District of Columbia Courts Committee on Admissions is ...

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Furloughed federal workers will be compensated for the time they spent working without pay, thanks to a bill sponsored by Maryland’s senators and signed into law Wednesday by President Donald Trump.

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The pay is $14 an hour and requires keeping a classroom of potentially unruly pupils from descending into chaos, but hundreds of furloughed workers in northern Virginia are lining up for work as substitute teachers during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

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The White House ran quickly into the limits of trying to bypass Speaker Nancy Pelosi in shutdown negotiations when rank-and-file House Democrats declined an invitation to lunch Tuesday with President Donald Trump.

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Congress returns to Washington for its first full week of legislative business since control of the House reverted to Democrats, but lawmakers will be confronted with the same lingering question: When will the partial government shutdown end?

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The partial shutdown of the federal government could have a noticeable effect on Maryland businesses, effects that may ripple into the state’s economy at large. As the shutdown continued into its 21st day Friday, the total effect it has had ...

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