It's Day 23 of the federal government shutdown, and Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to an agreement to end it. Without a fix, many federal employees will not be getting paid tomorrow, the ...

The federal government shutdown enters its 27th day as President Trump remains in Asia for trade talks. Funding for food assistance programs like SNAP and WIC is set to run out on November 1, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam writes about state and local policy and urban economic issues. When America was founded, states were viewed as the most ...

A federal executive order (EO) issued in March has created questions about the government’s right to access states’ data — especially in cases where that information was collected with a promise of ...

When President Donald Trump took the oath of office for a second time in January, more than 3 million people worked for the federal government. While the Trump administration has taken many ...

The federal government remains shut down, in what is now the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Many federal workers have missed paychecks, including air traffic controllers, who are working unpaid.