The most popular national park in the country will remain open with basic visitor services and limited staffing amid the ...

At its most fundamental level, a halt to benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program involves basic political questions. The SNAP contingency fund reportedly has $5.5 billion in reser ...

Previous scholarship has analyzed a host of innovation institutions––including patents, prizes, and grants––but has ...

Infant Crisis Services in Oklahoma is experiencing a surge in families seeking assistance due to the government shutdown, ...

The government shutdown is affecting seniors' access to essential services like food and health care. Discover the challenges ...

A handful of states rolled out plans to use their own funds to provide benefits as the SNAP federal food aid program runs dry ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends the cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. [AP Photo/Markus Schreiber] On October 8, the coalition committee of the ...

The United States federal government shutdown has now entered Day 8 since it began Oct. 1, 2025, but how much longer will it last? Here's what to know about the longest shutdowns in history and the ...

Republican Rep. Jim Jordan argued Tuesday that Americans do not support federal workers who have been furloughed amid the government shutdown receiving back pay. “Most Americans say if you’re working, ...

The White House’s claims that a 2019 law guaranteeing backpay to both furloughed and excepted federal workers following the end of a government shutdown does not actually guarantee feds backpay lacks ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday placed the blame squarely on Democrats for the government shutdown, which is expected to trigger sweeping layoffs across the federal workforce. Trump told reporters ...

As a result of the U.S. government shutting down on Oct. 1, 2025, certain federal employees will work without pay, while others will be temporarily furloughed. In the past, these workers have ...