The crises at the heart of the government shutdown fight in Washington were coming to a head Saturday as the federal food assistance program faced delays and millions of Americans were set to see a ...

A trial to decide the fate of the National Guard deployments in Oregon concluded Friday, leaving Portland residents, Trump administration officials and hundreds of soldiers in limbo as they await the ...

Over the course of five decades, Congress has repeatedly weakened the transformative law that has governed education for disabled students, putting it in the precarious and dysfunctional position it ...

The US government's Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Sunday posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will ...

Unusually warm ocean temperatures fueled one of the worst hurricanes on record. New research finds climate change increased the storm’s likelihood.

President Donald Trump could use $5 billion emergency fund for SNAP benefits during shutdown, Democrats argue, while Republicans demand government reopening first.

President Trump unveiled a lavish black, white, and gold marble bathroom renovation in the Lincoln Bedroom during a 31-day government shutdown. Critic ...

For 125 years, informal norms constrained what a president could do to one of the nation’s most famous landmarks.

Constitutional scholars maintain the administration does not have the authority to halt previously approved funding.