Governors call for Congress to avert federal shutdown but differ on how
September 29, 2025
The U.S. Capitol on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom) State officials from both parties urged Congress to
The U.S. Capitol on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom) State officials from both parties urged Congress to
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attend a Cabinet
The sun illuminates the Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, on Sept. 26, 2025, the morning following
Author James Comey, former FBI director, speaks at the Barnes & Noble Upper West Side on May 19, 2025 in
Sarah Baus of Charleston, South Carolina, holds a sign that reads “Keep TikTok” as she and other content creators Sallye
An aerial of the the Pentagon, May 12, 2021. (Photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brittany A. Chase) President Donald
Members of the National Guard stationed outside Union Station in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 18, 2025. (Photo by Jane Norman/States
California National Guard members stand guard at an entrance to the Wilshire Federal Building on June 13, 2025 in Los
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, pictured July 31, 2025. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom) The economy-wide
A member of the National Guard stands alongside a military vehicle parked in front of Union Station, near the U.S.
President Donald Trump speaks to the media as, left to right, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Labor Lori
A sign in an Indianapolis store shown on Aug. 1, 2023, says SNAP benefits are accepted. A new analysis by
A worker installs solar panels on a roof. (Photo by Getty Images) Several congressional Democrats on Friday slammed the Trump
U.S. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Alexander Vaden testifies before the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee on July 30, 2025. (Photo via
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, center, announces his agency’s plans for deregulation from an Indianapolis trucking facility on Tuesday, July 29,
National Public Radio headquarters on North Capitol Street in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (Photo by Jacob Fischler/States
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building in Washington, D.C., pictured on Dec. 18, 2017. (USDA photo
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. (Photo courtesy of the Kennedy Center) Republicans on
A summer day on Golden Trout Lake in the Salmon-Challis National Forest, in east-central Idaho. (USDA Forest Service photo) Members
A farmer on a tractor sprays soybean crops. (Photo by Westend61/Getty Images) President Donald Trump’s administration will pursue a ban
President Donald Trump is displayed on a television screen as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine discusses the mission details of a strike on
A makeshift memorial for DFL State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, is seen at the Minnesota State
U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, participates in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May
Demonstrators protest outside a downtown jail in Los Angeles following two days of clashes with police during a series of
Union members and supporters rally in Grand Park calling for the release of union leader David Huerta, who was arrested
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies before the House Appropriations Committee’s Defense Subcommittee at the U.S. Capitol on June 10,
Demonstrators protest outside a downtown jail in Los Angeles following two days of clashes with police during a series of
Billionaire and SpaceX owner Elon Musk said in an interview with CBS News that he was “disappointed” in the U.S.
At a farm market in St. Petersburg, Florida, SNAP recipients were able to use their Electronic Benefits Transfer cards for
Highway 170 in North Hollywood, California. (Photo by Trevor Srednick/Getty Images) The U.S. Senate voted early Thursday to prevent California
South Dakota state Rep. Karla Lems, R-Canton, speaks to hundreds of rally attendees at the South Dakota Capitol in Pierre