The United States federal government has officially shut down. The government entered a partial shutdown at midnight after lawmakers in the Senate failed to pass a crucial short-term funding bill, ...

America at 250 could look at the best examples of public service—public service in which the governmental institution expired ...

The federal government shutdown continues and Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to an agreement to end it. Many federal employees have now missed the first full paycheck since the shutdown ...

Four Republican-led states have settled lawsuits with the federal government over access to voter citizenship data.

WASHINGTON ‒ The federal government shut down at midnight as President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats blamed each other for failing to reach an agreement in a bitter standoff over funding ...

After members of Congress failed to approve a funding bill late Tuesday night, the federal government began to partially shut down Wednesday. Federal agencies and programs in most cases are not ...

BOSTON — State government officials are girding for the possibility of a federal government shutdown, and executive branch leaders have been instructed to summarize concerns about their ability to ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaiʻi is thousands of miles from Washington, D.C., but the islands are near the top of the list of places feeling the federal government shutdown. A new report released Wednesday, ...

The U.S. EPA’s revised definition of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act would reduce permitting needs ...

Starting next month, Idaho will delay issuing food assistance benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP or food stamps. The Idaho Department of Health and ...

Washington — A coalition of officials from half of the states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over the suspension of food stamp benefits amid the ongoing ...

The government shutdown has lasted 21 days, and Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to an agreement to end it. The Senate again failed last night to advance a bill to reopen the government — ...