A day after she appeared on MSNBC last month to talk about how millions of Americans could lose food benefits because of the shutdown, the USDA informed Ellen Mei that she was scheduled to be terminated because she shared government information ‘without prior approval.

A new deal to end the government shutdown may briefly restore staff to U.S. Education Department offices that had been gutted by layoffs.

The food drive comes as some federal employees who have missed one full paycheck and a partial paycheck during the shutdown are tightening their belts.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday indefinitely barred the Trump administration from firing federal employees during the government shutdown, saying that labor unions were likely to prevail on their claims that the cuts were ...