Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with improper ideology The Associated Press

Federal government payments for subscriptions to media outlets have become the latest target of President Donald Trump's spending hawks. A day after his press secretary cited some $8 million in…

A federal judge in Washington is briefly blocking the deportation of eight immigrants to war-torn South Sudan the day after the Supreme Court permitted it to go forward. District Judge…

A shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security has gone into effect. That includes the Transportation Security Administration, whose officers are responsible for screening passengers and bags at airports. Experts…