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Those workers would typically be denied pay until after the shutdown is over, although the Trump administration has already diverted Pentagon research and development funds to pay the troops this month without
The president has shown a pattern of flouting congressional will — for example by cutting or repurposing appropriations without lawmakers’ assent.
Attorney Lindsey Halligan was improperly appointed and should not be able to bring the charges, and those charges are a vindictive and selective prosecution brought at the direction of the president.
As the government shutdown stretches into its fourth week, that interruption in service has spurred cross-party tension and left some constituents without a valuable lifeline.
only the authority but also the competence to wrest control of the military chain of command from the Commander in Chief and to adjudicate whether the Governor of Illinois, rather than the President, should
"President Trump has been ignoring Congress’ authority to say which funds should be spent since the early days of this administration.
Capitol Police officers have been showing up to work without pay in an increasingly tense environment, as members of Congress clash over how to fund the government.
It’s been hard to turn on the TV news or open a news website this week without catching California Rep. Kevin Kiley.
Democrats have excoriated the White House for firings they said are without merit, needlessly harmful and carelessly implemented. Senate Minority Leader Charles E.
In both instances, it ultimately resolved without police involvement, and the first step was really listening to what students had to say.
"We’re at a point in time when we should be thinking outside the box and looking for candidates, like myself, who just don’t fit that traditional elected politician mold."
No senator objected when the Senate left town last on Oct. 9 for an extended Columbus Day weekend without an agreement on a continuing resolution that would revive funding, and there’s no indication that
An Office of Management and Budget official said the layoffs are "substantial," without elaborating.
President, I don’t know if, one day, perhaps the entire story will be told about the events of yesterday, but suffice to say, it’s not an exaggeration that none of it would have been possible without the
"While we never should have had to wait this long for a hearing into some of Trump’s most egregious abuses of our nation’s military — and I wish Republicans had been more proactive in taking action to
The legal argument outlined by the Office of Management and Budget’s Mark Paoletta is that furloughed workers should be treated differently from "excepted" staff working without pay in a shutdown under
The shift ramped up in 2024, when Trump received the backing of 66 percent of white voters without college degrees, according to an analysis of exit polls conducted by the Center for Politics at the University
In the midst of a funding stalemate that could leave hundreds of thousands of federal workers without paychecks and others jobless, some fear an us vs. them mentality is once again taking hold that could
Over 2 million servicemembers could be forced to continue working without a paycheck until the shutdown is over if the government is not reopened by then.Â
Federal executive branch employees — including those on furlough status and working without pay — could generally receive paychecks on Friday through electronic funds transfer that should be close to normal