On March 27, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” which aims to root out the “corrosive ideology” that casts American history in a ...

In an election year, there’s plenty of hand-wringing about our lack of faith in Washington. But it’s all part of the messy reality of American democracy. This column is a part of Republic of Distrust, ...

Longest Government Shutdown in History: The U.S. government shutdown enters its 40th day today, making it the longest government shutdown in history. The United States government shutdown began on ...

Washington — The U.S. government reopened Wednesday, Nov. 12, after a record-breaking 43-day-long shutdown that began Wednesday, Oct. 1, as President Trump and congressional Republicans were unable to ...

Wastewater spill in Boca Raton prompts health alert and no swim advisory A wastewater spill in Boca Raton has led to health alert and a no swim advisory, according to the Florida Department of Health ...

This is part of Governing's special 30th anniversary coverage. Over the course of three decades, I’ve written extensively about government technology. While the technologies themselves have gotten ...

The government shutdown inched closer to becoming the longest in the nation's history at 35 days, after Congress failed to pass another funding package designed to end the closure. Senate Majority ...

Navajo scholars will soon begin writing and editing a Navajo Nation government textbook to be taught at the high school level, the first such book written by Diné authors for Diné students. In 2023, ...

Travel back in time with me for a moment to 1981, the government shutdown. Two-hundred-forty-one-thousand federal employees were furloughed, and this is what it sounded like when you called the White ...

Bureau of Home Economics employees blindfold their taste testers so the sight of the turkey doesn't bias any responses, 1930s. National Archives Lucy Alexander boasted one of the strangest jobs on the ...