Despite a White House directive on further RIFs, some questioned the ability for agencies to put together those plans just ...

A government shutdown essentially indicates that money to pay federal employees and keep the lights on at federal agencies has run out. That means that non-essential government functions are reduced, ...

A government shutdown starting on Wednesday is looking probable as Democrats in Congress push Republicans on funding, health care, and President Trump’s reshaping of the federal government. Unless ...

A fight between Republicans and Democrats could lead to an Oct. 1 federal government shutdown, leaving President Donald Trump ...

A government shutdown happens when Congress fails to pass funding bills or a stopgap measure to keep federal agencies operating.

The economic impact of a government shutdown depends on its duration, economists say. Some payments, like Social Security, would continue to be issued.

The US government is headed towards a shutdown next week, so what is it and what do the experts think can explain the situation?

There have been plenty of controversies recently over something called gain-of-function research. Amid the highly-politicized debate over the origin of the COVID-19 virus, the term has been thrown ...

"Donald Trump will be a tyrant!" So my neighbors claim. I live in Manhattan. Feel for me. Yes, Trump says wild things, like riffing about "terminating" parts of the U.S. Constitution. But I don't ...

The White House budget office is telling federal agencies to prepare plans for mass firings in the event of a government ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Three days after capturing this capital from the Taliban, the Northern Alliance is increasingly assuming the functions of a new administration, to the alarm of Western powers ...