Government Shutdown

Local lawmakers passed a workaround while the marriage bureau at D.C. Superior Court remains closed

Love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage, according to Frank Sinatra. But the government shutdown made a liar of Ol’ Blue Eyes in the District … until now.

The annoying, high-pitched whoosh of hair dryers is being heard less often at Last Tangle in Washington. The popular 19th Street NW hair salon in the downtown Golden Triangle is normally busy seven days a week.

Let the wedding bells ring again in the District.

WASHINGTON — The DC Council on Tuesday tackled one of the odder side effects of the partial federal government shutdown, unanimously passing emergency legislation that makes it possible for couples who want to get married in the District of…

A D.C. taxi driver of 28 years who goes by Mr. Paul reports that the government shutdown has cut his daily pay by about 75 percent. “It’s hard to believe that some days I come home with $26,” he says. “Before the shutdown, I would be…

The federal government’s latest partial shutdown is now the second longest in history and will likely break the 21 day record of the 1995 shutdown.

But if the shutdown lasts for a few months, it could harm thousands of low-income residents

On the 18th day of the partial government shutdown, American University plans to host a free skills and management training session for affected federal workers.

Since the Smithsonian museums closed their doors just after the new year, the number of federal workers who have visited the Phillips Collection—where one can contemplate life from within the confines of a 6-by-7-foot room made entirely of…

The team at Atlas Brew Works prepared their special spring release the same way they do with every new beer. Late last year, they started fermenting, had a couple taste tests, and finally—the last step before canning the brew—they sent the…

WASHINGTON — The chief executives of D.C., Maryland and Virginia have joined together in a letter which calls for an immediate end to the partial government shutdown.

Images of overflowing garbage cans and litter around the National Mall are a federal government shutdown classic. But things aren’t nearly as bad as one might think from a handful of posts on social media showing trash pile-ups.

Campgrounds at national parks like Yosemite and Joshua Tree are closing amid the overflow of human feces, but there’s a nearby federal site that has reopened despite the ongoing government shutdown—the Old Post Office Tower.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hungry pandas don’t particularly care whether there’s a partial government shutdown.

The partial government shutdown has led to trash building up around D.C. Crews are taking in about 30 bags of garbage each day from areas that are normally maintained by the National Park Service.

WASHINGTON — Typically bustling sidewalks near the Smithsonian’s National Zoo were eerily quiet Wednesday on the first day of the zoo’s closure due to the partial government shutdown.