The Federal Vacancies Reform Act sets the rules for presidents to tap acting officials to fill vacancies throughout the ...

Government offices and economic analysts found that previous full and partial government shutdowns cost the U.S. multiple ...

As the co-heads of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy ...

A U.S. government fund to compensate people swindled by Bernard Madoff announced its tenth and final distribution on Monday, ...

Other programs that are still funded if a government shutdown occurs include: military veterans' benefits, and medical care, ...

Jersey's government has signed a contract with Danish ferry operator DFDS to operate the island's ferry services between the ...

The U.S. government faced the threat of a shutdown if Congress didn't pass a spending bill before Dec. 21, 2024. Here's a ...

President-elect Donald Trump has criticized Congress’ plan to fund the government through March, which could result in a ...

Past efforts to shrink the federal bureaucracy, including basic things like selling off unused government buildings, have ...

President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bill to fund the government through March 14. It does not address the debt ...

Instead of the traditional boisterous street partying on New Year's Eve, tens of thousands of protesters led by university ...

Italy’s parliament has approved the government’s 2025 budget, worth a total of 30 billion euros — more than half of that in ...