FBI agents will get paid despite government shutdown, Patel says The Trump administration will continue paying FBI agents despite the ongoing government shutdown that has frozen paychecks for nearly all federal workers,

Plans by the Trump administration to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program were halted by federal judges, but the delay in payouts will still likely leave millions of

The U.S. Senate had yet another vote to pass a measure that would allow the federal government to reopen on Oct. 20. We are still in a stalemate.

The Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program will run out of money on Saturday. Some governors are shifting state money to cover part of the shortfall, bolster food pantries or both.

Villanova professor Ana Santos Rutschman would describe the current state of vaccine policy as a game of chess. When the federal government does something, some states — primarily Democratic-led states including Pennsylvania — respond immediately to counter.

Pennsylvania is among the many states that say they are at risk of not being able to provide the annual assistance many people depend upon as winter approaches.

The states petitioned a federal court days after the Agriculture Dept. said it would not take emergency steps to provide aid during the government shutdown.

Over a third of the United States federal government's revenue comes from the country's four most-populous states, but they often get back less than they contribute. Known as "donor states," 19 states contribute more in federal taxes than they receives ...

The federal government controlling the vast majority of land in Nevada dates all the way back to the 1800s when the territory was first admitted to the United States, according to a former longtime employee.