President Trump is deploying the D.C. National Guard and taking temporary control of the city's police force, marking a significant escalation in his long-running threats to federalize the nation's ...

Washington — The U.S. government reopened Wednesday, Nov. 12, after a record-breaking 43-day-long shutdown that began Wednesday, Oct. 1, as President Trump and congressional Republicans were unable to ...

The ongoing federal shutdown became the longest closure of government agencies in U.S. history at the end of the day Tuesday, eclipsing the 34-day mark set in President Donald Trump’s first term.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joseph J. Thorndike writes about tax history. The government shutdown is now history. In the annals of government dysfunction, it ...

At midnight Oct. 1, the U.S. government shut down after Congress failed to agree on funding. Democrats and Republicans were deadlocked over health care subsidies and spending cuts, leaving hundreds of ...

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — A colonel in an elite military unit in Madagascar said Tuesday that the armed forces are taking power in the Indian Ocean nation in what appeared to confirm that ...

President Trump supports the US Steel-Nippon Steel deal, contingent on a 'golden share' granting government control. Golden shares give the US government significant influence, reminiscent of past ...