Back pay for federal employees and a reversal of recent reductions-in-force are both included in the Senate’s initial agreement toward ending the shutdown.

A judge this week sentenced San Antonio businessman Rafael Enrique Rodriguez to seven years in federal prison for his role in what the U.S. Department of Justice called a “multi-million-dollar health care fraud scheme.” Senior U.S. District Judge David A.

President Trump has just nine days to issue his likely plan to freeze federal employees’ salaries in 2026, before sizeable automatic and across-the-board increases take hold. Each August, the president must issue an alternative pay plan, declaring an ...

The Federal Employees’ Compensation Act recently expanded presumptive coverage for firefighters to include female-specific cancers, yet these laws only apply to federal employees. From the total firefighting workforce in the U.S., women make up around 9% ...

The federal government is back open after a record-breaking 43-day shutdown ‒ but the effects from the nation's longest-ever shutdown could linger.