The entire East Wing of the White House is being demolished as part of President Trump’s plan to add a massive ballroom to the White House. The teardown is reportedly expected to be completed by the ...

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are not receiving paychecks due to the government shutdown, but the White House has promised to pay some favored categories of employees such as servicemembers ...

New week, same old shutdown stalemate. The Senate on Monday evening failed for an eleventh time to advance a Republican bill to fund the government and reopen federal agencies that have now been shut ...

The ongoing government shutdown is now the third-longest in modern U.S. history, topped only by a 34-day funding lapse in late 2018 and early 2019 and a 21-day fight in 1995 — and this shutdown, now ...

President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that some of the hundreds of thousands of federal workers currently furloughed due to the shutdown may not receive back pay when the government reopens. Asked ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Monday that Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano will also serve in a newly created role as chief executive officer of the Internal Revenue Service.

On Day 10 of the government shutdown, White House budget director Russell Vought announced that the mass firings of federal workers have begun, dramatically escalating the pain of the political ...

Good Wednesday evening! In a federal court in Virginia today, former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to charges that he lied to Congress five years ago. The case has raised concerns that ...

The key policy issue at the heart of the shutdown battle is the looming expiration at the end of this year of enhanced tax credits for Affordable Care Act plans. Democrats want to extend those higher ...

President Trump said Thursday that he plans to cut “Democrat programs” as the government shutdown drags on with no end in sight. “We’ll be making cuts that will be permanent, and we’re only going to ...

President Trump and congressional lawmakers barreled toward a government shutdown on Tuesday, digging in for what could be a prolonged standoff as the two sides traded accusations and barbs rather ...