Federal layoffs loom as Trump uses shutdown to push workforce reduction, while Karoline Leavitt defends administration's fiscal responsibility goals.

There were frustrating delays and cancellations on Monday evening at Burbank Airport as the government shutdown triggered a shortage of air traffic controllers.

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. President Trump has unleashed new weaponry in his war against Democrats, liberals and the left.

President Trump on Tuesday is hosting Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada, who is seeking relief from U.S. tariffs. Few people expect any major concessions. By Ian Austen Reporting from Ottawa Prime ...

Shares of Canadian minerals explorer Trilogy Metals skyrocketed in premarket trade on Tuesday. It comes shortly after the Trump administration announced a $35.6 million investment to support mining ...

Oct 7 (Reuters) - The White House is not guaranteeing compensation for hundreds of thousands of federal workers who are on forced time off during the government shutdown, Axios reported on Tuesday, ...

A Republican-appointed judge on August 28 blocked the administration from removing Abramowitz as VOA director on the grounds that he cannot be removed in the absence of a majority vote from the ...

Nearly a week into the government shutdown, gridlock in the Senate persists. Dueling plans to fund the federal government once again failed on Monday evening. Ahead of those votes, President Donald ...

The 1807 law, which allows the military to conduct civilian law enforcement activities under certain circumstances, hasn’t been used since the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

In Washington, the US Senate on Monday evening failed to pass a short-term budget to keep federal agencies open. Legal experts suggest, Democrats have almost no chance of extracting real concessions ...

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller clashed with a CNN journalist who asked him if President Donald Trump's administration was "profiling brown people." “Is it the case that… this ...

Alexander, an Israeli-American citizen from New Jersey, was freed by the Palestinian terror group in May and was believed to be the last surviving US hostage.