Democratic leaders across the political spectrum are shrugging off the risks and embracing a government shutdown they say is needed to push back against President Donald Trump and his Republican ...

Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and ...

The first woman to serve as archivist of the United States talked at Drury University about the need to preserve history in polarized times.

Trump is putting his mark on the White House in his second term, making changes to the building and its grounds. This week, he unveiled the “Presidential Walk of Fame” along the West Wing colonnade.

In our news wrap Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a defiant speech at the U.N. as dozens of delegates walked out in protest, federal officials say they've removed an ...

Cut legacy costs, reset executive culture and redirect dollars into journalism and education where audiences already are — online.

The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education and research complex. It's a public-private trust that has long operated at arm's length from the White House, but now finds itself ...

A letter sent Wednesday indicates that the Trump administration is giving agencies leeway to launch more mass firings through the reduction-in-force mechanism used by the Department of Government ...

PBS News senior correspondent Judy Woodruff is moderating a conversation about the presidency and the use of emergency powers on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025 at the Miller Center at University of Virginia ...

Stephen Miller’s speech at Charlie Kirk’s memorial was essentially plagiarized. See if you can spot the similarities. The Storm is Coming by Joseph Goebbels (1932) “So our dead comrade Horst Wessel ...

In a recent report, Judy Woodruff explored the history of violence in Northern Ireland as a warning to our own country about how quickly identity-based conflicts can spiral out of control. She now ...