Lawmakers locked in a political stare-down Wednesday were buffeted by rising anger from across the nation about a partial government shutdown that ruined vacations, sapped businesses and closed military cemeteries as far away as France. Some on Capitol Hill ominously suggested the impasse might last for weeks, but a few...

An agency-by-agency report of what's closed and what remains operational during the government shutdown.

Since even before the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act started to take shape, the public at large voiced strong opinions about itboth in support and opposition.