The South African government briefly held, then released, two US government employees on assignment in South Africa as part ...

CNN’s Clare Duffy has the details.

The US government is launching an early career hiring and talent development program to bring more technology and artificial intelligence employees to the public sector, as part of the Trump ...

• Shutdown latest: The government has now been shut down for over a week, and Congress still appears deadlocked on a funding plan. The Senate again failed to advance competing proposals from Democrats ...

A major congressional watchdog has opened an investigation into Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, who has ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. The current government shutdown is poised to become the longest in history. On ...

• Standoff continues: Congress remains deadlocked on a funding plan, and the Senate isn’t scheduled to hold any votes until Tuesday as the reality of the shutdown continues to hit federal workers. Top ...

American Airlines operations chief David Seymour told airline employees the shutdown’s impact was “simply unacceptable,” after the worst weekend for air traffic controller staffing shortages prompted ...

Government shutdowns can be political earthquakes that paralyze Washington, DC. But for the economy, shutdowns are often barely a blip. Whatever economic damage occurs during that time tends to be ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Aside from the routinely expiring debt ceiling, the practice of government shutdowns ...

• Shutdown over: The federal government is reopening its agencies after President Donald Trump signed the House-passed funding package last night to end the record 43-day shutdown. Before the bill to ...

SNAP benefits help feed more than 40 million Americans, but amid the government shutdown, those vital resources could be delayed or put on pause, leaving families hungry and worried about where their ...