While the longest government shutdown in US history is over, the consequences of the 43-day impasse are only just starting to feed through for companies across the US and beyond.

A bill being introduced in Congress would establish new government teams to improve technical talent in federal agencies, ...

The resignation of the minority coalition, led by the center-right GERB party, was announced minutes before parliament was ...

The company said the law infringes on teenagers’ freedom of political discourse, adding any reduction in risk of harm would ...

While trust in government has been low for decades, the current measure is one of the lowest in the nearly seven decades since the question was first asked by the National Election Study, and it is ...

Melissa Quinn is a senior reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. With travel delays looming going into the Thanksgiving holiday ...

Washington — Much of the federal government shut down Wednesday, October 1, after Congress failed to reach a deal to approve new funding. Republicans had proposed extending government funding at ...

Frustration is common across the political spectrum regardless of which party holds the presidency. But the shares of ...

Ukrainian leaders blame independent advisers for failing to prevent graft. A Times investigation found that President ...

It is evident that Washington loses hundreds of billions of dollars annually on spending that most Americans would certainly consider wasteful. Lawmakers seeking to rein in spending and budget ...

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