impasse

Air-traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration workers find themselves caught in the middle of the impasse—and they don’t want to be used as a political football again.

The impasse has left the Fed partly blind after critical economic data, such as the September employment report, were postponed.

France just lost its fourth prime minister in a little over a year amid an impasse over taming its debt.

A phone call between the leaders that might have helped break the impasse, according to people familiar with the matter, didn’t materialize.

The U.S. sought a leader-level phone call the week of July 28 to help break an impasse over trade, but India was reluctant, the official said.