Jerome Powell, head of the U.S. Federal Reserve, said on Sunday the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation ...

Republicans and Democrats agree that it’s important the U.S. is a world leader in science, but sharply diverge on how the U.S ...

Senate Democrats are threatening another government shutdown next month amid ongoing tension between Congress and President Donald Trump. There was a government shutdown earlier this year due to ...

The number of federal employees who left their jobs in 2025 will total about 317,000, according to the Office of Personnel Management, after efforts by Elon Musk and the Trump administration to ...

California brags about its donor state status, that is, it forwards more in tax dollars to Washington than it gets back in federal spending. But that’s changed. According to the Rockefeller Institute ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear ...

Frustration has long been Americans’ dominant emotion toward the federal government. We regularly ask Americans whether the federal government makes them feel basically content, frustrated or angry.

If we checked 100 people’s pantries, chances are that at least 95 of them would contain a loaf of bread. While there are plenty of factors that influence the type you choose, such as whether you have ...

Under the new rules, people granted asylum would have to wait 20 years, rather than the current five, before applying for permanent residency. By Mark Landler Reporting from London Britain rolled out ...

For a lesser-known Stephen King novel, “The Running Man” has enjoyed two adaptations, both wildly different. If you just read the book and watched the original 1987 adaptation, you’d either be excited ...

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has officially ended after President Donald Trump signed legislation passed by Congress on Nov. 12. This legislation restores federal funding through ...