On the brink of a federal government shutdown Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced a dramatic pivot Saturday, trying to push a 45-day funding bill through the House with Democratic help — a move that could keep government open but most certainly risks his job.

In “an affront to human dignity,” prisoners have been forced to give birth in shackles and to give babies into state care only hours after birth, and Black prisoners face disproportionate rights violations, according to the U.N. Human Rights Council findings.

Diplomatically, the United States just made a big move toward normalization with President Biden’s September trip to Vietnam and announcement that the countries would bolster relations, countering China’s growing influence.

Ahead of a government shutdown, Stars and Stripes will make all content surrounding the shutdown free. We will continue our mission to provide the military community, including active duty families and all those affected by a government shutdown, with news and resources.

With gridlock persisting in Washington, a government shutdown is looking all but inevitable ahead of this weekend’s deadline.

Army Gen. Mark Milley on Friday sought to remind Americans on his final day as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that the U.S. military exists to defend democracy and not to serve a “wannabe dictator.”

A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service was charged Friday with leaking tax information to news outlets about a government official and thousands of the country’s wealthiest people.

A bail bondsman charged alongside former President Donald Trump and 17 others in the Georgia election interference case pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges on Friday, becoming the first defendant to accept a plea deal with prosecutors.

One of the last living witnesses to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur has been arrested in the Las Vegas-area, a long-awaited breakthrough in a case that has frustrated investigators and fascinated the public ever since the hip-hop icon was gunned down on the Las Vegas Strip 27 years ago.

The Navy will begin randomly testing its special operations forces for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs beginning in November, taking a groundbreaking step that military leaders have long resisted.