The federal government is on the verge of partially shutting down, with Senate Republicans and Democrats at an impasse over funding the Department of Homeland Security.

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The state is in a standoff with the federal government over who has the power to investigate the killing of protesters. It’s not a fair fight.

The longest federal government shutdown in history is over, but there will be some delays before services are fully restored. For 43 days, the federal government was shut down, with some 670,000 ...

The longest federal government shutdown in American history came to an end earlier this week—but education will be feeling its effects for months and years to come. K-12 schools, which derive most of ...

More than 317,000 employees stopped working for the federal government in 2025, according to the Office of Personnel Management, giving a glimpse into how much the nation's largest employer has ...

When President Donald Trump took the oath of office for a second time in January, more than 3 million people worked for the federal government. While the Trump administration has taken many ...

As President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House winds down, he has already transformed and upended the federal government. He has used political purges, mass federal layoffs and drastic ...