These statements mislead about Secret Service agents’ pay. Although agents might not get paid typically under a government shutdown, the Trump administration reallocated money authorized under President Donald Trump’s 2025 signature tax and spending law, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Department of Homeland Security is now officially the longest in US history, surpassing the record set by the funding lapse last year. Lawmakers left Washington for *** two-week break after the House and Senate backed different solutions to the standoff on Friday.

Washington — The more than 1.4 million federal employees who have gone without pay during the 43-day government shutdown could begin getting paychecks as soon as this Sunday, while others will have to wait until next Wednesday, Nov. 19. The pay schedule ...

OpenAI is expanding access to its most advanced AI models to help businesses and governments shore up their cyber defenses, a sharp contrast to rival Anthropic, which says controlling access to its models is the best way to boost global cybersecurity.

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers had been furloughed or working without pay since the government shut down on Oct. 1. After the White House and Congress finally resolved the record-breaking standoff Wednesday, federal employees are poised to return ...

In Washington D.C., the showdown war of words continues, and so does the government shutdown. "Republicans have shown zero interest or capacity to reopen the government, enact a spending agreement that meets the needs of the American people, or address the ...

The ongoing partial government shutdown is now in its fourth day, but House GOP leaders are confident that the end is near. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is aiming to hold a chamber-wide procedural vote on the Senate's funding compromise on Tuesday ...

The House on Wednesday passed a bill to reopen the government, sending it to President Trump’s desk and setting up the end of the longest shutdown in U.S. history. That vote came after eight members of the Senate Democratic caucus cut a deal with ...

On the Lightning Round of Mad Money on April 29, 2026, a caller named Kimo from California, whose fiancée Michelle had gifted him Jim Cramer’s book the prior December, told the host he had “done quite well between December and now” on his rare earths bet.

Just 17% of Americans now say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (2%) or “most of the time” (15%). While trust in government has been low for decades, the current measure is one of the lowest in the ...

More government means less economic growth and lower incomes, hence diminished capability for each household to make purchases.