Madagascar, the country off the southeastern coast of Africa, experienced its latest military coup from October 12 to 14, 2025, when the elite military unit “Army Corps of Personnel and ...

Members of the military will be paid on Oct. 31 despite a lapse in funding during the ongoing government shutdown, the Pentagon and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) confirmed to USA TODAY. To ...

President Donald Trump has urged Senate Republicans to use the "nuclear option" to end the current government shutdown. The "nuclear option" would allow Senate rules to be changed with a simple ...

FILE - Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks during a meeting in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) FILE - Education Secretary Linda ...

More than 180,000 Franklin County residents, or one in eight people, receive federal SNAP benefits. Columbus is joining a coalition suing the federal government, alleging that the government has the ...

The 13th Senate vote to end the shutdown failed 54-45. Most Democrats are still refusing to support any legislation that doesn’t restore cuts to Medicaid and extend expiring subsidies under the ...

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has canceled votes in the House of Representatives for a fourth straight week as the government shutdown shows no signs of ending. Johnson’s move is a part of his ...

WASHINGTON—The hard lines that both parties have drawn on the government shutdown are starting to soften, with the specter of financial hardships for federal workers and lower-income households ...

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Socrates may have been claiming ignorance, Berra was talking about baseball, but both may as well have been talking about the government shutdown. So when will it end? "You shouldn't ask me because ...

Another vote on stopgap funding to end the partial federal government shutdown failed Wednesday, with Indiana senators voting along party lines. Republican Sens. Jim Banks and Todd Young voted yes on ...