The attorney general faced questions about President Donald Trump's National Guard deployments in U.S. cities and files related to Jeffrey Epstein, among other issues.

This is an adapted excerpt from the Oct. 7 episode of “Morning Joe.” Speaker Mike Johnson has canceled all votes in the House this week, insisting the lower chamber “did its job” in funding the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration warned on Tuesday of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a government shutdown, reversing what has been long-standing policy for ...

As the federal government shutdown hits the one week mark, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is urging Democrats to vote for Republicans’ funding bill to prevent permanent damage to the U.S. economy.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said that employees furloughed during the shutdown will get back pay. "My assumption is that furloughed workers will get back pay," Thune said during a press ...

Author and Rutgers University history professor Mark Bray is taking his wife and children to Europe after facing mounting death threats, some of which were sent to his home address. Bray made the ...

Meanwhile, the Smithsonian Institution, according to its website at the time of writing, will keep its museums, research centers and the National Zoo open through Saturday, October 11. A notice at the ...

Senate Democrats are holding firm that they need real action on extending health insurance subsidies before they lift a finger.

The federal government is currently shut down. NPR's network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country, including in Missouri and Kansas.

The memo suggests furloughed workers are not entitled to back pay, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed.

Stripped to its constitutional essence, the current government shutdown amounts to another bid to expand presidential power. How it ultimately resolves could one day be up to the six justices in ...

In addition to a US Government shutdown at midnight on September 30, 2025, due to failure to pass a spending bill, an event largely ignored by America’s mainstream media was the expiration of the ...