Readers speak: The buck stops at the top of our federal government. Shouldn’t it?

The buck stops at the top in a democratic form of government As the government strike enters another week, both Democratic ...

US agency that runs nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile to furlough 80% of staff due to government shutdown

Roughly 1,400 workers at the National Nuclear Security Administration — a branch of the Department of Energy — will be sent ...

US courts set to run out of money, begin furloughs as shutdown lingers

The U.S. federal court system starting on Monday will begin curtailing non-essential functions and furloughing some employees ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Refresher Course: How does the federal government appropriate funds?

So there are two kinds of government spending: mandatory and discretionary. Now mandatory spending accounts for about ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Who protects democracy when the branches of government fail?

If there only were two sides to the question, “What will end an authoritarian government?” the answer would be simple. Eight billion people with competing ideas, sometimes completely contradictory, ...
Yahoo

Anthropic AI offers access to all three government branches for $1

Anthropic AI on Tuesday offered its AI model ot all three branches of the government for $1. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI Aug. 12 (UPI) --The Anthropic AI company announced Tuesday it will offer ...