MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court yesterday gave the government 24 hours from receipt of notice to show cause why the SC should not issue a peremptory writ of habeas corpus on the ...

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has been at the centre of political turmoil since the Trump administration announced it wanted to shut it down. The move all but ends a six ...

Washington — Congress is staring down a deadline to fund the government by the end of the week, as the familiar threat of a shutdown looms over Washington. Lawmakers have until the end of the ...

The House voted 217-213 to pass a spending bill, which now heads to the Senate. In dramatic fashion, House Republicans passed a bill to fund the government through the end of September 2025 -- a ...

The American Federation of Government Employees and American Foreign Service Association allege that Trump overstepped his authority by shuttering the independent agency established by Congress.

If the government were to shut down, non-essential employees would be told to stay home from work until a new spending plan is approved, while essential staff, including military and those ...

Democrats expressed concerns over the bill's broad discretion given to the Trump administration, particularly over spending cuts led by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), run by ...

But that might have been the opening match for the main event this week: Preventing a government shutdown. It will prove the mettle of whether Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson can hold ...

But as an economist who has presented to the committee, known as FESAC, I know how it improved the information used by both the federal government and private enterprise to make economic decisions.

MANILA, Philippines — The government released a record P4.9 trillion in cash allocations last year largely to finance infrastructure projects, as well as the education sector, the Department of ...

Congress has approved a stopgap bill to fund the federal government through September 30 and avert a shutdown ahead of a Friday deadline. Overall, the measure would boost defense spending by $6 ...