CAL THOMAS: Explaining the shutdown

The partial government "shutdown" is a pure political act. It has nothing to do with the amount of money the government takes from taxpayers, though it does have something to do with how much it ...

Here’s who gets paid — and who doesn’t — during a federal government shutdown

Federal workers are bearing the brunt of the government shutdown, with more than 1 million of them going unpaid while Democrats and Republicans in Congress argue over funding federal agencies for the ...