The U.S. national debt surpasssed $40 trillion. Experts explain how it raises your mortgage and lowers your wages.

The House on Wednesday passed a bill to reopen the government, sending it to President Trump’s desk and setting up the end of the longest shutdown in U.S. history. That vote came after eight members ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. A “government shutdown” – as we’ve come to define it – is expected starting October 1 ...

With bipartisan congressional talks to end the U.S. government shutdown bogging down on Friday, the hit to the national economy is growing, experts said. "Even if there is a reopening of the ...

American s are evenly divided in their preferences for the size of government. Yet a somewhat greater share wants the government to do more to solve problems than say it is doing too much better left ...

The federal government partially shut down early Saturday as Congress did not agree on funding for several agencies before the midnight deadline. But this shutdown is likely to be less painful than ...

Much of the federal bureaucracy is now officially dark. The government shutdown that began Wednesday is set to furlough food inspectors, park rangers and millions of other federal workers in ...

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