President Donald Trump is eyeing massive cuts to federal agencies as the government shutdown enters its second day. Trump is using the shutdown to freeze funds for Democratic states and to move forward with mass layoffs of federal agencies.

The United States entered a government shutdown Wednesday with President Donald Trump and Democrats in an acrimonious stand-off and banking on the other side to blink first in what could be a prolonge...

With no easy endgame at hand, the standoff risks dragging deeper into October, when federal workers who remain on the job will begin missing paychecks.

The targeted programs included $18 billion for transit projects in New York, home to Congress's top two Democrats, and $8 billion for green-energy projects in 16 Democratic-run states, including California and Illinois.

The federal government shutdown will drag into next week after the U.S. Senate left town on Friday following yet another set of failed votes on a pair of funding bills.

Trump signaled Thursday that he plans to follow through on his threat for mass layoffs of US federal workers as he ratcheted pressure on Democrats.