Senate Republicans are aiming to pass a rescissions package on a party-line vote, which Democrats say would upend the government funding process ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline.

More than 1,700 people have been left without lawyers since that time, said Rebecca Jacobstein in court Wednesday, chief of strategic litigation for the state’s public defender agency, Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS).

But while Americans largely believed the federal government should play a major role in preparing for and responding to natural disasters, an analysis of recent AP-NORC polls shows less consensus about whether the government should be involved in combating climate change to try to keep extreme weather from getting worse.

The Czech government has banned the country's public administration from using any of the services of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek due to data security concerns, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Wednesday.

What role should a government play in the economy? When does government intervention help? When does it hurt? How do politicians pick economic winners and losers? And why does Warren Buffet get a Social Security check?

Just weeks before kids head back to class, school districts are wrestling with tough decisions after the U.S. Department of Education announced it was freezing $6 billion in federal grants.

MPs have approved the government's benefits bill, which was heavily watered-down last week following a rebellion by Labour backbenchers. The Universal Credit Bill is expected to be classed as a money bill, meaning it could become law after one month, with or without the approval of the House of Lords.