As is every large organization, the U.S. government is assessing how to best integrate artificial intelligence into its procedures and workflows. While AI has undeniable risks, it also has the potential to make work significantly more efficient and effective in a broad range of ways,

Melissa Quinn is a senior reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. With travel delays looming going into the Thanksgiving holiday and SNAP benefits at risk, seven Democrats and one ...

The House on Wednesday passed a bill to reopen the government, sending it to President Trump’s desk and setting up the end of the longest shutdown in U.S. history. That vote came after eight members of the Senate Democratic caucus cut a deal with ...

The federal government finds itself hours away from shutting down if Congress does not pass a funding bill by the end of Tuesday. Numerous agencies and departments have issued guidance in recent days on what to expect if there's a funding lapse. But ...

Washington — A last-minute deal was reached Saturday to avert a government shutdown. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy brokered a bipartisan short-term spending bill that passed both the House and Senate with mere hours to spare before the midnight deadline.

The history of government shutdowns began in earnest in the nineteen-eighties. Even then, they were typically short and often revolved around a handful of issues. Not that there even was an issue all of the time: in 1982, the government briefly closed ...

Just 17% of Americans now say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (2%) or “most of the time” (15%). While trust in government has been low for decades, the current measure is one of the lowest in the ...

About two months after the last federal government shutdown ended, another funding lapse looms — this one caused by a battle between Republicans and Democrats over funding for immigration enforcement. Lawmakers in both parties worked collaboratively in ...

Attorneys at Womble Bond Dickinson provide an overview of the White House's National Cyber Strategy for combating cybercrime and modernizing critical infrastructure, and review other recent cybersecurity activities by federal agencies.

A growing share of U.S. adults say religion is gaining influence, but most still want churches to stay out of politics, a 2026 survey finds.