It's tax filing time, but will a government shutdown impact tax refunds this year? Here's what we know as a Senate vote looms.

Federal workers who were furloughed during the 43-day-long U.S. government shutdown could begin seeing back pay arrive in their bank accounts in the coming days. "There really has been an aggressive effort to get people to get their checks as soon as ...

America’s emotional divide over the federal government has never been wider, according to a new Pew Research Center survey showing record-high anger among Democrats, rising Republican contentment and near-collapse levels of public trust, all captured ...

The Trump administration laid out its plans to “end weaponized government” in its new management agenda released Monday. The latest President’s Management Agenda includes goals to eliminate “woke” programs, downsize the government workforce and ...

Airline executives are pushing lawmakers to make sure air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration workers are paid if there's another shutdown. Air traffic controller staffing could become even more difficult as a result from the ...

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history ended late Wednesday. The longest government shutdown in U.S. history ended late Wednesday, allowing observers to take stock of the impact it had on millions of everyday people and the economy as a whole.

The covid.gov website says covid-19 most likely originated in a Chinese lab, although scientists are in fact deeply divided over its origin. A widely read report posted on energy.gov/topics/climate concludes that humans’ impact on climate is relatively ...

The House has passed this year's final batch of spending bills. Lawmakers still smarting from last fall’s record 43-day shutdown worked to avoid another funding lapse for a broad swath of the federal government.