A government shutdown happens when Congress fails to pass funding bills or a stopgap measure to keep federal agencies operating.

There have been plenty of controversies recently over something called gain-of-function research. Amid the highly-politicized debate over the origin of the COVID-19 virus, the term has been thrown around in the media and among lawmakers in Congress.

That would be a much more aggressive step than in previous shutdowns. A reduction in force would not only lay off employees but eliminate the position.

"Donald Trump will be a tyrant!" So my neighbors claim. I live in Manhattan. Feel for me. Yes, Trump says wild things, like riffing about "terminating" parts of the U.S. Constitution. But I don't think he means it. As Joe Rogan said to President-elect ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Three days after capturing this capital from the Taliban, the Northern Alliance is increasingly assuming the functions of a new administration, to the alarm of Western powers seeking to promote a broad-based government to end the ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. The national government has reiterated commitment to transfer the pending devolved functions to the counties by end of ...