The federal shutdown that started Oct. 1 left large swaths of public land accessible but unstaffed as Congress fought over the 2026 budget. That temporary situation could become the new normal, ...

Undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children may soon be able to start applying again for DACA — the Obama-era program that provides temporary protection from deportation and a work permit.

Members of Congress were unable to reach a funding agreement by midnight on Tuesday, leading the federal government to shut down on Wednesday. In Oregon and Southwest Washington, that means about a ...

Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. As President Donald Trump prepares to further unleash a rapidly expanding surveillance ...

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that roughly 750,000 federal employees could be furloughed each day of a shutdown, with the total daily cost of their compensation at roughly $400 million, ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., answers questions from reporters outside the Senate chamber, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Congress has until midnight Tuesday to ...

Former immigration judges are sounding the alarm as the Trump Administration continues to fire dozens of federal immigration judges in a move they say is “unprecedented.” Dana Leigh Marks, who served ...

Project 2025 and President Donald Trump are largely in sync on immigration. U.S. soldiers at the Mexican border on May 8. Photo by Can Hasasu/Anadolu via Getty Images. That’s hardly surprising. Ken ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The sight of armed, camouflaged and masked Border Patrol agents making arrests near famous downtown Chicago landmarks has amplified concerns about the Trump administration’s growing ...

Most experts and insiders did not think that Novak Djokovic would participate in the 2025 edition of the Shanghai Rolex Masters, the penultimate Masters 1000 of the season, although he had reached the ...

Jesters once had considerably more leeway than the average person to make fun of the king. If otherwise loyal subjects made light of their leader, they could lose their head. Jesters, however, could ...