A partial government shutdown is underway. It may only last for this week, but hardliners in the House could make it drag on.

The government shutdown entered its fourth day as the House GOP prepares a Tuesday vote on a Senate funding compromise.

A new analysis from the Partnership for Public Service looks at the effects, so far, of the Trump administration’s reforms to the federal workforce and what they could portend.

State officials say the president’s actions are a new form of retribution, even as the White House has pardoned allies charged with defrauding government.

The Senate must pass the spending measures by the end of the day Jan. 30 to avoid a shutdown.

Trump repeated without evidence his long-running claim that U.S. elections are beset by widespread fraud.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal will continue covering a wide range of government and politics stories in 2026, including the local economy amid declining tax revenues, immigration policy, homelessness and food insecurity. Here’s a sample of what readers ...