On April 10, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced that the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is making over $1 billion available to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Republican leaders will meet to discuss whether to extend the stopgap bill to reopen the government past Nov. 21 as time grows short to hammer out funding for the rest of the year.

With the government shutdown entering its fourth week, Gov. Tony Evers is warning healthcare premiums could skyrocket next year if Congress doesn't extend tax credits under the Affordable Care Act.

The risk of many states potentially running out of SNAP funding could be a new pressure point that pushes lawmakers to end the government shutdown.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Josh Turek said he believes the "bare minimum" outcome Senate Democrats should accept to end the federal government shutdown is the extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies.

With Tuesday’s 14th failed funding vote in the U.S. Senate, the government is heading toward the longest shutdown in history — leaving dozens of programs and services still very much in limbo. Republican leaders are calling on a handful of Senate Democrats to vote for their bill but Sen.

As the shutdown disrupts food aid and open enrollment begins, Iowa Democrats Zach Wahls and Josh Turek urged Republicans to act on health care and hunger. Hinson's campaign countered that Democrats are "using vulnerable Iowans as leverage" in the standoff.

In all, an estimated 65,000 children will be impacted by Head Start programs losing funds in more than 40 states.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced a total of $25 billion in Federal funding allocations to help U.S. public transportation systems respond to COVID-19. Funding is provided through the Coronavirus ...

The Trump administration said it plans on Monday to partially fund food aid for millions of Americans after two judges ruled it must use contingency funds to pay for the benefits in November during the government shutdown.