Every democracy depends on transparency, yet governments worldwide keep countless secrets from their citizens. While some classified information protects national security, other hidden truths reveal ...

An American government shutdown might seem like a bureaucratic tussle, but these shutdowns have far-reaching impacts, affecting everything from national parks to federal employees' paychecks. As you ...

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives depart the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14, 2023. U.S. lawmakers approved a stop-gap bill to keep the government open as its funding runs out, ...

As Congress struggles to pass a budget to avoid a shutdown, what actually happens if a shutdown goes through? As Congress struggles to pass a budget to avoid a shutdown, what actually happens if a ...

As the director of the National Security Archive’s Climate Change Transparency Project, Rachel Santarsiero is in the business of monitoring and facilitating the flow of information from the government ...

What is the government shutdown? Well, like the name implies, it's when various government run agencies and departments shut down. So how do we get here and what typically happens when we do? We're ...