"What's happening is that there's been a bit of divergence, court by court, as funding has run out," Nick Boyle said.

USDA could continue funding food stamps during the shutdown by using an available contingency fund, Democrats said.

Barring a surprise breakthrough, the U.S. government shutdown will tie the longest federal closure ever on Tuesday, 35 days. One tick after midnight, it becomes the longest ever.

Perhaps the public’s more recent charges of judicial activism or legislating from the bench are a reaction to our three branches of government being out of balance.

If there only were two sides to the question, “What will end an authoritarian government?” the answer would be simple. Eight billion people with competing ideas, sometimes completely contradictory, ...

Anticipating a federal government shutdown, Arkansas’ executive branch agencies were prepared to furlough an estimated 264 ...

The number of Arkansas state government employees furloughed in executive branch agencies as a result of the federal ...

Lisa Cook, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. (Manuel Balce Ceneta / Associated Press) On Monday, President Trump moved to fire Lisa Cook, a Biden-nominated member of the ...

On Monday, President Trump moved to fire Lisa Cook, a Biden-nominated member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. He moved to fire Cook for “cause,” and that cause is clear enough: According ...