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

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

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 ...

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 ...

“It’s time to pass a clean continuing resolution and end this shutdown today,” said Everett Kelley, president of the American ...

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 ...

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats believe health care is an issue that resonates with a majority of Americans as they demand an extension of subsidies for their votes to reopen the shuttered U.S. government ...

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the government shutdown drags on with no end in sight, a new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans see it as a significant problem — and all of the major players are being blamed ...