The Office of Personnel Management defined the positions and scope for a higher 3.8% federal pay raise for certain law enforcement personnel in 2026.

For the first time in close to seven years, Congress failed to reach a budget agreement in time for the new fiscal year. As a result, the federal government shut down for 43 days, causing nationwide ...

As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, state officials face growing uncertainty ...

(CNN) — The US federal government remains shut down with a spending deal to reopen still out of reach on Capitol Hill. Here’s how long the current shutdown has been going on: The last time the ...

With congressional Republicans and Democrats far apart over a funding agreement, the federal government looks headed toward its first shutdown since 2019. And while shutdowns are rare, they have ...

The Washington region’s economy is starting to wobble, with the disproportionate impacts of federal budget cuts compared to the rest of the country becoming harder to ignore. From surging unemployment ...

President Trump has signed an executive order ending collective bargaining for wide swaths of federal employees, as part of his broader campaign to reshape the U.S. government's workforce. The largest ...

During this period, data publication and reporting schedules were affected, leading to gaps and delays in US trade data ...

Majorities of Americans say the federal government has a responsibility to provide a wide array of support and services for the country – but there is more consensus about some domains than others.

California tends to pay more in individual and corporate federal taxes than Texas does, because of its larger population and higher incomes. Newsom’s specific numbers come from 2022, the most recent ...

As of September 2024, more than 700,000 veterans worked in various federal departments and agencies – making up nearly a quarter of the federal government’s entire civilian workforce. By comparison, ...