The executive order could deepen a rift within industry and the GOP.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said talks among rank-and-file senators aimed at ending the government shutdown have ramped up.

While trust in government has been low for decades, the current measure is one of the lowest in the nearly seven decades since the question was first asked by the National Election Study, and it is lower than it was last year (22%).

Ukrainian leaders blame independent advisers for failing to prevent graft. A Times investigation found that President Volodymyr Zelensky’s own administration removed guardrails.

Melissa Quinn is a senior reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. With travel delays looming going into the Thanksgiving holiday and SNAP benefits at risk, seven Democrats and one ...

Frustration is common across the political spectrum regardless of which party holds the presidency. But the shares of Republicans and Democrats feeling anger and contentment shift dramatically depending on who’s in the White House.

It is evident that Washington loses hundreds of billions of dollars annually on spending that most Americans would certainly consider wasteful. Lawmakers seeking to rein in spending and budget deficits should begin by eliminating this least justifiable ...

Colorado gained 500 jobs in September, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which published its first state job update since the U.S. government reopened last month.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Patton covers the financial markets, economy, and national debt. This article is more than 10 years old. In my previous article, we discussed one cause for the demise of the middle ...

Most Americans (66%) say the federal government has a responsibility to make sure all Americans have health care coverage.