A federal judge ruled Friday that the Department of Education violated the First Amendment rights of some agency employees when it sent out-of-office messages on their behalf that blamed Democrats for the government shutdown.

Some agencies are restricting when employees can take administrative leave to vote and are setting stricter time limits than governmentwide policies.

Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino's account of the timing when he got hit in the head by a rock was questioned by the judge.

Then, on April 25, 1980, along came then-Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti with a landmark opinion: Continuing to operate an agency without official appropriations, he ruled in response to a lawmaker’s query, constituted a violation of an obscure law called the 1884 Antideficiency Act. It was all downhill from there.

The Trump administration may target the independent litigation authority of federal agencies if the Supreme Court grants the president the power he seeks to fire executive branch employees at will, a senior Justice Department official said.

As the 2025 federal government shutdown stretches into another punishing week, Florida is one of the states where the financial damage is mounting.

Weeks after the Nov. 3 election, the General Services Administration cleared the way on Monday for President-elect Joe Biden to begin his formal transition to the White House.

Federal agencies must assemble hiring panels consisting of key political staff to vet potential new employees when the government reopens, the Trump administration ordered in a memo.

The security of a popular wifi router brand is under scrutiny from multiple federal agencies, and devices could be pulled from shelves in the United States in the future. According to reporting from the Washington Post,

Gov. Kathy Hochul is directing state agencies to issue full federal SNAP benefits for November. This comes as the Trump administration agreed to fully fund SNAP while an appeal of a federal judge’s order to do so makes its way through the courts.

An official with the National Transportation Safety Board says the left engine fell off the UPS plane as it was attempting to take off, before crashing just beyond the runway.