After a 2020 breach thought to be Russia’s work, the courts told Congress that they would harden a system storing sealed documents. Five years later, the system was hacked again. By Mattathias ...

The Trump administration is letting the generative AI chatbots loose. Federal agencies such as the General Services Administration and the Social Security Administration have rolled out ChatGPT-esque ...

President Trump wants to cut federal spending for education. The money often goes toward disadvantaged students in Republican states. By Sarah Mervosh Sarah Mervosh covers education and reported from ...

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois. A portion of the reporting in Alexander County is supported by funding from the Pulitzer ...

There's a black market for seemingly everything, including for the illegal sale of ants. Yes, ants. And business is booming. Kate Knibbs is a senior writer at Wired, where she recently wrote about the ...

U.S. government economic data has long been the gold standard in economic information around the world, but it’s far from the only option out there. Private companies collect economic data from the ...

The federal government is on track to shed 300,000 workers by the end of the year. The Trump administration says it's an opportunity to improve efficiency. Many others fear a brain drain. On this ...

Last week, Deputy Transportation Secretary Steven Bradbury hinted that the federal government could take over Boston’s South Station as it did at Union Station in Washington, D.C., citing crime and ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has made developing new nuclear energy a priority to meet clean energy mandates after experts started to question New York’s ability to meet the mandates of the 2019 Climate Act.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — One of the nation’s leading operators of automated license-plate reading systems announced Monday it has paused its operations with federal agencies because of confusion and ...

The potential for a showdown over crime in Chicago – not just between law enforcement and crooks but between the federal government and city leaders – is escalating. With US troops patrolling ...

Trump said he fired Fed governor Lisa Cook for 'potentially criminal' statements on financial documents but experts say she hasn't had a chance to formally respond to the allegations. The Supreme ...