A pair of government watchdogs have denied U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth's request to conduct a joint investigation into federal agents' tactics during immigration enforcement operations in the Chicago area.

If the Senate fails to pass legislation by midnight on Friday, then parts of the federal government will shut down.

The attorney for an Iowa ICE detainee is asking a federal judge to hold the federal government in contempt for denying her client due process.

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The government is on track to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, but as of Monday morning, the system is, for all intents and purposes, still shut down. The Senate ...

That the "government shutdown" is disruptive is an indictment of just how far we've let the federal Leviathan intrude into areas it doesn't belong. Of course, it's not really a shutdown; it's a temporary suspension of nonessential activities while ...