More than 317,000 employees stopped working for the federal government in 2025, according to the Office of Personnel Management, giving a glimpse into how much the nation's largest employer has ...

It’s been a long year, jam-packed with an inauguration, hotly debated policies, ongoing conflicts, assassinations, consequential elections, a government shutdown and more. It’s impossible to list ...

2025 was a strange year in politics, with a lot of unexpected twists and turns. The second Trump administration began like a bat out of hell but lost quite a bit of momentum by year’s end among the ...

From tariffs to deportation threats to casual copyright infringement by the government, here are some of the stories that defined the intersection of music and politics this year. By Steve Knopper As ...

When visiting Warsaw, you enter a church or museum, and in the vestibule, there is usually a photograph of what the site looked like on Jan. 17, 1945, when the Nazis finally capitulated or fled, and ...

The Republican-led Congress managed to land quite a few achievements in 2025, but not necessarily the ones that lawmakers consider commendable. With fewer than 40 bills signed into law as of Monday, ...

Political polarization in the United States continues to deepen. After the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, which lasted 41 days, it remains fundamental to reflect on one’s well-being.

President Trump began the year with huge plans and a GOP in lockstep, but heading into 2026 there are cracks in his support that could affect how much his administration gets done. Of course, 2026 is ...