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 ...

The federal government remains shut down, in what is now the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Many federal workers have missed paychecks, including air traffic controllers, who are working unpaid.

A tour group passes the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 13. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history came to an end on ...

The federal government shutdown continues as of Monday, Oct. 6, and an upcoming Senate vote on the stopgap funding bill is unlikely to pass. The Senate is voting on the bill for the fifth time and it ...

The US government has reopened following its longest-ever shutdown, setting the stage for the eventual release of the gold-standard federal data that is crucial in analyzing the health and trajectory ...

As a result of the U.S. government shutting down on Oct. 1, 2025, certain federal employees will work without pay, while others will be temporarily furloughed. In the past, these workers have ...

Party identity is shifting under President Trump, and the process is affecting both parties.

The historic government shutdown has entered Day 42 and continues — though, the Senate already approved a deal to end the shutdown during Monday night's vote, which now heads to the House for a vote.

As DOGE dissolves, questions remain about how close the agency came to fulfilling President Donald Trump's mandate.

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 federal ...