The federal shutdown will affect people across the United States. NPR's network of member stations explains what will be ...

During a government shutdown, only programs deemed essential for protecting life and property are kept operational.

From the USPS to social security payments to TSA and airport travel, here's what the shutdown could mean for you.

We’re really worried about the shutdown …” CT Gov. Ned Lamont said. “… if this goes on for a couple of months, there could be ...

The government shut down began at midnight on Wednesday as Democrats and Republicans appeared to be nowhere close to reaching a funding deal.

Congress’ failure to pass a short-term government funding bill before midnight Tuesday will lead to the first shutdown in ...

The Senate’s proposed higher education bill departed from the House version in many ways, but one provision remained almost completely untouched. That was workforce Pell, which would extend ...

When you turn on your Windows PC, hundreds of processes run along with the programs in the background. As they are not visible, we focus on programs or windows that we see. From the startup apps to ...

To improve performance on Windows 11, you can safely end processes like unused apps, bloatware (e.g., Copilot, Phone Link), high-resource processes, and peripheral-related programs via Task Manager.