The Trump administration came to power preaching a laissez-faire approach to AI but has lately increased oversight of the industry.

The House on Wednesday passed a bill to reopen the government, sending it to President Trump’s desk and setting up the end of the longest shutdown in U.S. history. That vote came after eight members of the Senate Democratic caucus cut a deal with ...

President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day U.S. government shutdown.

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. A “government shutdown” – as we’ve come to define it – is expected starting October 1 if lawmakers can’t agree to pass a ...

The federal government is the largest owner of U.S. real estate, including more than half a billion square feet of office space. That is far more than it needs, and the cost of maintaining it has ballooned to unsustainable levels.

Earlier this month, a federal judge in Louisiana issued a ruling that restricted various government agencies from communicating with social-media companies. The plaintiffs, which include the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, argued that the ...

Just 17% of Americans now say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (2%) or “most of the time” (15%). While trust in government has been low for decades, the current measure is one of the lowest in the ...

Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are steps you can take to evade it. To carry out these plans, the administration has ...

State agencies will be able to access Anthropic's AI assistant Claude at a discounted price along with free training as part of an effort to use technology to make government more efficient.