Shutdown

The Senate approved a bill postponing a possible government shutdown by a week, but this was opposed by 19 Republican Senators.

COVID-19 represents the first time in the history of pandemics that we confined healthy populations.

CNN's former CEO Jeff Zucker, who was involved in the development of CNN+, was forced to resign in February.

"It's just one more piece of CNN and Fake News that we don't have to bother with anymore!" Trump said on Thursday.

Irish Rep's producing director talked to Newsweek about the shutdown's one surprising benefit to his theater and the more surprising news of Sondheim's will.

Ukraine's 15 operating nuclear power plants provide half of the nation's electricity. As of Wednesday, six have stopped providing power to its electricity grid.

Despite the bill's passage, lawmakers must still negotiate details regarding appropriations, such as how much they will total and where they will be directed.

"We hopped on the first exit and then it was just, we stopped moving right there. There was cars behind us. There was nowhere to go," Andrew Peters said.

For a while there, it looked like we were on the COVID exit ramp. Now it seems we're likely to exhaust the Greek alphabet labeling variants.

Congress is again careening dangerously close to a government shutdown, with federal funding set to run out at midnight on Friday.

The Kentucky senator said that the GOP had offered a "clean bill to fund the government" and blamed the Democrats for rejecting it.

Economists said the energy cutbacks could lead to long-term benefits, but the short-term economic disruptions would be substantial.

The Biden administration plans to lobby members of Congress to fast-track a stop-gap spending measure to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month.

"We are going to have schools open. We are protecting every Floridian's job in this state," the governor said.

Leaning on unsubstantiated COVID-related fears and exploiting a pandemic for personal and professional gain, teachers still refuse to return to classrooms despite, in some cases, cutting the line for a vaccine.

Critics have complained about Twitter permanently suspending President Donald Trump's account on the one hand and condemning Uganda's internet shutdown on the other.

Amidst this year's anxiety, uncertainty and pain, it is easy to forget that this is far from the first time Americans have found themselves in these circumstances.

"We have bartenders with babies and children and they can't pay their rent! They can't eat and it's because of you, Sheila Kuehl!" one protester yelled.

All non-essential businesses in the North Texas region will also be made to operate at 50 percent capacity for at least one week.

With its post-shutdown productions, the Irish Repertory Theatre has charted a clever and innovative course to navigate the pandemic restrictions.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reportedly reached the agreement during a Tuesday phone call.

Manufacturing in China continues to increase as the economy bounces back from the coronavirus downturn.

Basketball makes it return tonight, after a four-month hiatus due to the coronavirus lockdown. These are the narratives that we're most excited to see play out.

Online directory Yelp said there was a spike in the disease in states where there had been an increase in consumer interest in pre-pandemic activities.

Awaken Church in San Diego is accused of breaching county orders by holding a large event on Wednesday, despite ban on indoor operations.

Closed food outlets should limit food sources for rodents, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said.

Caught between being stuck at home and closed casinos, addicted gamblers may view the $1,200 stimulus check as a windfall to bet online.

"The impacts of COVID 19 no longer warrant the suspension of our constitutional rights," Sheriff Fortney wrote Tuesday.

Colorado Rep. Ken Buck blasted the $2 trillion stimulus relief package.

De Blasio joined dozens of state Democratic lawmakers in urging landlords to allow tenants to use security deposits in lieu of rent and other forms of payment forgiveness amid the coronavirus economic lockdown.