National Guard troops sent to Illinois by President Donald Trump can stay in the state and under federal control, but can’t be deployed to protect federal property or go on patrol for now, an appeals...

Federal judges in Portland, Oregon and Washington, D.C. will hold hearings on Friday in legal battles over the deployment of National Guard troops to the U.S. cities, as President Donald Trump seeks t...

The Senate on Thursday rejected dueling partisan bills to pay federal workers during the government shutdown, with both Republicans and Democrats deflecting blame as many employees are set to miss the

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) objected to a request by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Thursday for the Senate to immediately consider and pass a bill to pay all federal workers, members of the military ...

In the meantime, the U.S. economy has lost hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue, governors are warning low-income citizens that they may not receive food assistance in November, and millions of...