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Agencies responsible for vital services, such as national security, air traffic control and food safety inspection, would continue operations. But others — those involving passports, student loans and other routine services — will shut down unless Congress reaches a deal on federal spending.

As he retires and heads into the private sector, Shawn Henry looks back at the growth in the cybercrime problem.

When a former IT contractor at the National Security Agency gave The Guardian U.S. government surveillance information, he told the paper that his only motivation was to spark a public debate about government surveillance.

Three pilots, all of them with extensive flying experience, were in the cockpit of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 when it crash-landed at San Francisco International Airport Saturday, says National Transportation Safety Board Chair Deborah Hersman.

The Association of Bragg Officers’ Spouses, under fire for denying membership to the wife of a lesbian soldier, has announced on its website it will review the policy it used to reject Ashley Broadway's membership request.

The Senate passed legislation Monday that would do away with direct payments to farmers and instead create an expanded crop insurance program. It's designed to protect farmers from losses, but some say it amounts to a highly subsidized gift to agribusiness.

Picture the next 18 months of Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry's road to national relevance.

A program in San Diego relies on a hands-on approach to connecting low-income pregnant women and their children with vital services.

Democrats may have yielded on their demand for tax increases to achieve the debt-ceiling deal President Obama signed into law Tuesday. But in an interview on All Things Considered, Sen. Harry Reid had a warning for congressional Republicans: Later this year when Congress has to decide on additional ways to cut federal deficits, Democrats intend to stand firm on the need for more tax revenues.

A high profile federal defense attorney who once practiced in San Diego will represent the suspect in the shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz.