A U.S. district judge in D.C. ruled that the U.S. Agency for Global Media cannot implement a reduction in force eliminating 532 jobs for full-time government employees.

As Republicans and Democrats clash over a funding bill, a partial government shutdown looms Oct. 1. Here's what happens during a shutdown.

The first government shutdown in six and a half years could happen soon. Here's which programs lose funding in Tennessee.

The Census Bureau reported earlier this month that the U.S. poverty rate dipped from 11% in 2023 to 10.6% last year, before Trump took office. Critics were quick to accuse the administration of deliberately making it harder to measure hunger and assess the impact of its cuts to food stamps.

A recent poll shows that while Americans prefer for lawmakers to compromise to accomplish tasks in government, others admit that their own congressmembers opt to cling to their beliefs.

Shutdowns cause economic disruption. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the 2018-2019 shutdown reduced GDP by $11 billion in all, including $3 billion that will never be recovered. The 2013 shutdown cost the economy $24 billion and 120,000 private sector jobs.

Today's congressional leadership's meeting at the White House did not appear to make progress in preventing the impending government shutdown.

Two and a half years ago, Ashish Jha was the White House’s COVID-19 response coordinator, a job that meant getting as much of the country as possible on board with the federal government’s approach to public health. For much of this summer, he’s been ...

When it comes to paying for college, retired NBA player Matt Barnes is like any other Gen X dad in America. With his twins Carter and Isaiah in high school, Barnes — a member of the Golden State Warriors 2017 championship team — is looking at the ...

Sixty-seven people lost their lives when American Airlines flight 5342 collided with a military helicopter on Jan. 29