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Some lawmakers worry that the impasse is ceding their authority over federal spending to an increasingly assertive president.

The ongoing federal government shutdown has put millions of Texans at risk of losing their SNAP benefits, with food banks ...

Within the same agencies, some employees are drawing their salaries during the shutdown, and others are working without pay.

The game of chicken between congressional Republicans and Democrats has resulted in a partial government shutdown, with none of the 12 regular-order appropriations bills enacted into law. The last ...

Elon Musk’s team started a behind-the-scenes push for White House control over federal spending that is now an undercurrent of the government shutdown. By Emily Badger and Alicia Parlapiano ...

The judiciary isn’t supposed to be the primary check on the executive, the legislative branch is. Whatever you think about American politics and government, whether you are on the right, the left or ...

Furloughs have begun at the federal agency tasked with overseeing the U.S. nuclear stockpile. Energy Secretary Chris Wright ...

President Trump's expansive interpretation of executive power is continuing to reshape federal spending in a government shutdown.

The judiciary isn’t supposed to be the primary check on the executive, the legislative branch is. Whatever you think about American politics and government, whether you are on the right, the left or ...

The Senate was created to represent the interests of the states and to slow down radical measures from the House, but it has failed to live up to its ideal due to a lack of deliberation, ...