U.S. science always suffers during government shutdowns. Funding lapses send government scientists home without pay. Federal agencies suspend new grant opportunities, place expert review panels on hold and stop collecting and analyzing critical public datasets that tell us about the economy,

The 2025 federal government shutdown, in the first year of Trump's second term, is one of the longest in U.S. history.

The poll also found that Americans overwhelmingly disapproved of Trump, Republicans and Democrats when it came to the handling of the shutdown.

As support for secessionist movements increases, it’s vital that political leaders reduce the divisions that threaten to tear the US apart.

Sen. Tim Kaine said Sunday he doesn't see the present funding impasse in terms of politics, insisting what Democrats are "focused on is the American people."

Voices in both parties say Democrats and Republicans alike are looking for a deal that would allow them to save face while ending a shutdown that’s causing increasing pain to Americans across the

WASHINGTON — The Senate will reconvene on Monday, but with the House still in recess this week, the monthlong federal government shutdown appears on pace to break the 35-day record for the longest in U.S history.

The US Federal Government is gridlocked. When the 2025 fiscal year ended, the Senate and House of Representatives had not passed a budget for 2026, and so federal agencies are required to pause all non-essential services.

Mike Johnson accused the mainstream press of allowing Democrats to get away with the "most extreme example of gaslighting" in US history on the gov shutdown

Attorneys for Sami Hamdi, a British political commentator being held by immigration authorities in California, are challenging his detention in court

Republicans claim US president ‘desperate’ to end shutdown, which has now entered 33rd day