Americans' trust in the government—now near a record low—has been underwater for decades. But that wasn't always the case..

Wednesday may be the beginning of the end for America’s longest government shutdown. A late-night Monday Senate vote sent a reopening bill to the U.S. House of Representatives and would fund all of ...

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 8: (AFP-OUT) President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Intel CEO Brian Krzanich (L) at the White House February 8, 2017 in Washington, DC. Krzanich announced an ...

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Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Attention to individual acts of market intervention, however, has so far failed to fully understand the Trump administration’s actions as ...

Anthony, a volunteer at the St. Benedict Church food pantry in Philadelphia, hands out dried fruit to a client during an Oct. 31, 2025, distribution that took place hours ahead of the scheduled Nov. 1 ...

WASHINGTON ‒ The federal government shut down at midnight as President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats blamed each other for failing to reach an agreement in a bitter standoff over funding ...

The government is back open. It was the longest shutdown in U.S. history at 43 days. There are lots of questions about what this means, how we got here and where we go from here. Let's answer some: ...

WASHINGTON — The lengthy standoff between President Donald Trump and congressional Democratic leaders is now the longest government shutdown in American history. On Wednesday, the shutdown enters its ...

The shutdown brought the scale of the federal food aid program into focus and raised questions about how such a rich country could have so many people on nutrition assistance. By David W. Chen The ...