Government “shutdown” is something of a misnomer because when funding lapses, much of the government does not shut down.

Although painful for federal workers, travelers, and thousands of people and businesses in and outside Washington that partner with the US government, shutdowns typically aren’t significant events for ...

The US government shut down at midnight after Congress failed to reach a deal on a funding package. Follow here for the latest.

A Japanese warship is on the way to the United States to be fitted with Tomahawk cruise missiles, the latest move by Washington and its Asian allies to beef up firepower as adversaries like China and ...

For decades, American leaders have rolled out grand schemes to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, only to see them either collapse in catastrophe or fizzle out in disappointment and recriminations.

Indonesian rescue teams are frantically searching for scores of young students buried for two days under concrete rubble after their Islamic boarding school collapsed on them during afternoon prayers.

Kaitlan Collins pressed Rep. Mike Lawyer (R-NY) on if the President should cut government programs permanently when the ...

The federal government has officially shut down after a deadlocked Congress failed to pass a funding measure to keep the lights on – and no one inside the Capitol knows what will happen next.

Capturing culture and commerce in over 20 Chinatowns, Morris Lum has compiled a living archive of migration patterns, diasporic trends and urban gentrification.

Chunk and Grazer duked it out in the final, but only one brown bear in Katmai National Park could reign supreme.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is returning to the international limelight as the prospective head of an authority tasked with the reconstruction of Gaza.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation will be conducting a review into the case of renowned journalist and activist Hunter S. Thompson’s death more than two decades after it was ruled a suicide, the ...