Other Western democracies experience polarization and political turmoil, too, yet do not experience government shutdowns like the U.S.

Parts of the federal government have shut down after lawmakers failed to pass funding legislation before the Oct. 1 deadline. There have been 21 federal shutdowns in the United States over the last five decades. The longest government shutdown in U.S ...

These are merely the latest examples of the mounting pressure on the American political system. A recent New York Times/Siena poll found that 64% of Americans think the country is too politically divided to solve the nation’s problems. The same poll showed that only 42% of Americans held that position in 2020.

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,

Trump recently described Antifa as “a militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government, law enforcement authorities, and our system of law.” Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, whose home state has been at the ...

A startling message came over the radio from an air traffic control tower near Los Angeles less than a week into the federal government shutdown: “The tower is closed due to staffing." Without enough air traffic controllers to guide planes into and out ...

Although the public sector shutdown affects travel to and within the U.S., the good news for travellers is that private operators in the tourism sector are less directly impacted. Hotels, private museums, restaurants and tour operators will continue to operate, but they may also suffer from delays, cancellations or border frictions.

The Trump administration is trying an array of unconventional measures to shore up U.S. rare earths supplies. It remains uncertain whether the strategy will work.