Another lapse in congressional funding for the federal government appears to be an increasingly distinct possibility. The Senate this week has been divided on funding for the Department of Homeland Security,

About two months after the last federal government shutdown ended, another funding lapse looms — this one caused by a battle between Republicans and Democrats over funding for immigration enforcement.

Since the President Donald Trump returned for a second term, the Oregon Attorney General’s Office has sued the federal government 53 times as of this week, including over the funding cuts, immigration policies, gender-affirming care and energy. Oregon joined other Democratic states in some of those lawsuits.

The federal government has opened up a claims period for those who were harmed at segregated health facilities known as Indian hospitals — though an N.W.T. elder warns that recalling painful details from the past could be difficult for some survivors.

With 300,000 employees gone and collective-bargaining rights eliminated, the administration has hobbled organized labor. Did it also start a movement?

At the White House’s request, the federal government’s dedicated HR agency has updated its proposal limiting how many employees agencies can rate as above average to narrow the methods by which federal workers can challenge a perceived unfair rating.

DHS is leading the investigations, not the FBI, which has raised questions about independence, and local officials have been cut out where there is usually cooperation.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz blasts federal government over ICE shooting in Minneapolis: 'It's a campaign of organized brutality'