Twenty federal employees at LIHEAP have been laid off. Officials fear it may impact the overall energy assistance program.

Kai Ryssdal does an “exit interview” with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.

The Supreme Court’s decision overturning the Chevron deference is a step towards rolling back the power of the administrative state, the origins of which go back more than a century.

The changes will impact the way American Indians and Alaska Natives show up in federal data, and could further obscure our understanding of economic conditions for Native people in this country. 

For years, there have been more federal workers based outside the nation’s capital than in it. That trend picked up during the pandemic.

Federal workers still have to prepare for a potential shutdown weeks in advance in addition to (or instead of) their regular duties. Waiting for a budget also has another price: the erosion of the public’s trust in government.

The term is a bit misleading: Some government programs keep running even if their workers go unpaid. We asked experts for alternative terms.

Workers have been paid after past shutdowns, albeit late. But there’s no guarantee they will after any future shutdown.

The federal government’s ambitious plan to end the HIV epidemic, launched in 2019, has generated new ways to reach at-risk populations in targeted communities across the South. But health officials, advocates, and people living with HIV worry significant headwinds will keep the program from reaching its goals.

Immigrant contributions to government revenues are higher than they may first appear.