WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 8: (AFP-OUT) President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Intel CEO Brian Krzanich (L) at the White House February 8, 2017 in Washington, DC. Krzanich announced an ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Attention to individual acts of market intervention, however, has so far failed to fully understand the Trump administration’s actions as ...

More than 40 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to pay for groceries are facing uncertainty as benefits are expected to come to a halt Saturday. "People are ...

WASHINGTON ‒ The federal government shut down at midnight as President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats blamed each other for failing to reach an agreement in a bitter standoff over funding ...

The ongoing government shutdown isn’t just the longest in American history. It’s likely the most damaging, too. Historically, the economic damage from shutdowns is fleeting, quickly reversing when the ...

Anthony, a volunteer at the St. Benedict Church food pantry in Philadelphia, hands out dried fruit to a client during an Oct. 31, 2025, distribution that took place hours ahead of the scheduled Nov. 1 ...

The government is back open. It was the longest shutdown in U.S. history at 43 days. There are lots of questions about what this means, how we got here and where we go from here. Let's answer some: ...

WASHINGTON — The lengthy standoff between President Donald Trump and congressional Democratic leaders is now the longest government shutdown in American history. On Wednesday, the shutdown enters its ...

The Missoula Food Bank & Community Center in Montana doubled their food order for the first two weeks of November to help handle a flood of requests and will spend “far and above” more than what they ...

The shutdown brought the scale of the federal food aid program into focus and raised questions about how such a rich country could have so many people on nutrition assistance. By David W. Chen The ...