The US government shut down 10 days ago, and there's little indication that it will reopen anytime soon. At the center of it all is healthcare.

Amid the ongoing partial government shutdown, Education Secretary Linda McMahon pointed out that the shutdown proves that her department is not needed.

The Trump administration said over 4,000 workers would be laid off. Farmers trying to plan next year’s crops don’t have all the tools they need. Some medical services have been curtailed in Native communities.

The partial U.S. government shutdown entered day eight on Wednesday, Oct. 8. When could it end? Here's what we know.

The federal government is currently shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country.

These changes don’t just impact a small minority. As of July, 5.8 million Americans of all ages could be in technical default, according to TransUnion [1]. That’s one in every three people who have outstanding federal student loans. If you’ve ever attended college, there’s a significant chance this impacts you. Here’s what you need to know.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said she is skeptical that the federal deployment of the National Guard to cities across the country is legal.

It's nothing new for the US government to use public money to support private American companies. The Biden administration, via CHIPS and the Inflation Reduction Act, was aggressive about using loans and grants to accelerate US industry.

In Lousiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court could upend one of the last remaining tools protecting the right to vote for Black people and other historically disenfranchised groups.

Last week, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that purports to address the recent spate of political violence. But the order is remarkably one-sided, taking the apparent position that only leftists can be violent, and it treats speech clearly ...

The U.S. government is probing the social media of those applying for legal immigration benefits to root out "anti-American" activity, a top immigration official told CBS News.