If the government shuts down, air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration officers will continue to work, but they will not be paid until the shutdown is over.

Many federal agencies have plans in place to weather a shutdown, but a disruption would still affect critical government services.

Target Corp. is planning to close nine locations in four states in October, citing organized retail theft. The stores are in New York, Seattle, the Bay Area and Portland, Oregon.
“Before making this decision, we invested heavily in strategies to prevent and stop theft and organized retail crime in our stores, such as adding more security team members, using third-party guard services, and implementing theft-deterrent tools across our business,” the company said in a statement.
“Despite our efforts, unfortunately, we continue to face fundamental challenges to operating these stores safely and successfully.”
This isn’t the first time that the retail giant has complained about…

Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers said their shows would be returning on Monday after a five-month hiatus.

Analysts have raised their forecasts for oil prices, as they try to understand Saudi Arabia’s intentions with recent production cuts.

White House and Wall Street estimates suggested the economy could withstand a brief shutdown, with risks mounting the longer it lasts.

Now that the U.S. government has stepped back from issuing vaccines, long-term care operators have yet to start administering shots to protect one of the most vulnerable populations.

A go-ahead for a long-delayed $9.4 billion drilling project is expected to support the oil industry and provide energy security, but environmental advocates were outraged.

Young adults are struggling to keep up their credit scores and paying an increasing amount of disposable income servicing their debts.

The home-building industry had been one of the stock market’s best performers of the year until recently.