There have been plenty of controversies recently over something called gain-of-function research. Amid the highly-politicized debate over the origin of the COVID-19 virus, the term has been thrown ...

WASHINGTON, DC - With a government shutdown looming, we can start to assess what the economic impact might be (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) With a government shutdown potentially starting on ...

"Donald Trump will be a tyrant!" So my neighbors claim. I live in Manhattan. Feel for me. Yes, Trump says wild things, like riffing about "terminating" parts of the U.S. Constitution. But I don't ...

The somewhat simplified diagrams in social studies textbooks and the catchy tunes of “Schoolhouse Rock!” have taught us a rudimentary idea of what society looks like and how government fits into that.

Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers sued the state's Republican-controlled Legislature on Tuesday. Evers accused lawmakers of obstructing basic functions of government, taking particular issue with ...

Will the government shut down? Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) joins Andrea Mitchell Reports to discuss how President-elect Trump and Elon Musk caused the bipartisan funding bill to fail and to weigh in Trump ...

The House on Wednesday passed a bill to reopen the government, sending it to President Trump’s desk and setting up the end of ...

Taken from Thursday’s edition of KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson Show. Mayor Ed Murray wants nearly $1 billion for one of the most expensive levies in Seattle’s history. And now Murray is saying the proposed ...

In the event of a federal government shutdown, Social Security beneficiaries will still get their checks and Medicare beneficiaries will still have health coverage, but some administrative functions ...

The Kenya president’s order, if implemented, would end the prolonged infighting between the national and county governments over proper revenue sharing and pending transfer of functions that began in ...