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new video loaded: What Are the Effects of a Government Shutdown?Ben Casselman, the chief economics correspondent for The New York Times, describes the economic effects of…

The U.S. Department of Energy has taken equity stakes in Canadian company Lithium Americas and its Nevada mining joint venture with General Motors as part of…

Measure failed with 55 “yes” votes to 45 “no” votes.VoteTotalDemocrats Dem.Republicans Rep.Bar chart of total votes 55352 45441 Note: Sixty votes were needed to pass. Senators…

If the government shuts down on Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of workers will be sent home without pay, disrupting a wide range of federal programs. Despite…

During the first eight months of his second presidency, Donald Trump has tried to hollow out the federal workforce by any means possible, including paying more…

The shutdown that is almost certain to start on Wednesday will be the 21st disruption of federal funding in the last 50 years, and the third…

All rule-making sessions for the Department of Education were held online from the start of the COVID pandemic to the beginning of the second Trump administration.…

The demonstrations, which started over deteriorating living conditions, have left 22 people dead, according to the UN.Madagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina, has dissolved his government in response…

new video loaded: Government Shutdown Looms Unless Lawmakers Extend FundingtranscriptBacktranscriptGovernment Shutdown Looms Unless Lawmakers Extend FundingDemocrats and Republicans have not agreed to a deal to extend…

Schools must provide separate toilets and changing rooms for boys and girls to be used on the basis of a pupil’s biological sex, the Scottish government…