The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked President Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, a move that ...

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On the first day of the federal government shutdown, the Trump administration froze "roughly $18 billion" in infrastructure ...

Government shutdowns lasting more than a few days were relatively rare — until recently. The 2018-2019 shutdown was the ...

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Trump's pick to lead the agency tracking unemployment and inflation has withdrawn after withering criticism from across the ...

The Trump administration has deployed or threatened to deploy National Guard troops in more than half a dozen American cities ...

Most of the federal government is shut down after Senate Republicans and Democrats failed to reach a funding agreement to ...

The federal government has shut down for the first time since 2019. Mass layoffs have been threatened. And, President Trump ...

A law to protect students and school employees from the radioactive gas has an approaching deadline. It’s unclear what ...

The federal government shutdown, which began overnight, will delay key reports on the U.S. economy, including a monthly ...