The pressure to end the second-longest federal government shutdown is taking on new urgency this week. Millions of Americans ...

This week’s headlines involve major changes to SNAP benefits as the shutdown continues, Trump’s alleged nuclear testing plan ...

The plaintiffs argued in their lawsuit that failing to maintain the SNAP funding was illegal, arbitrary and capricious, and ...

Bill Swick, who has a rare degenerative brain disease, has lost access to virtual speech therapy due to the federal ...

Even while warning about national security and human rights abuse, the U.S. government across five Republican and Democratic ...

A sign indicating that the Federal Trade Commission is closed due to the government shutdown, Wednesday in Washington, D.C. (Al Drago/Getty Images) The U.S. government remained shut down as Congress ...

The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., on Monday. (Jose Luis Magana/AP) The U.S. federal government shutdown is still ongoing and will drag on at least into next week, with both houses of ...

The government shutdown has reopened debate on what has been a central issue for both major political parties in the last 15 ...

Democrats are trying to leverage the must-pass bill to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies; the Trump administration is tying a shutdown to potential mass federal worker layoffs. The current battle ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown has been a source of anxiety for school leaders wondering how long grant money will ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A partisan standoff over heath care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years, with Democrats and Republicans in Congress unable ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a near certain path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday for the first time in ...