The Las Vegas Review-Journal will continue covering a wide range of government and politics stories in 2026, including the local economy amid declining tax revenues, immigration policy, homelessness ...

From local government meetings to Washington, D.C., policies, the Las Vegas Review-Journal took a close look to how ordinances, federal law and politics affected the lives of Southern Nevadans in 2025 ...

A Sunday night Senate deal may be on the verge of resolving the longest government shutdown on record — after a group of moderate Democrats dropped their key demand — a guaranteed extension of ...

On its face, the likely beginning of the path to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history is a major Democratic capitulation. Most congressional Democrats were against the deal that eight ...

President Trump achieved his goal of shrinking the work force. But many current and former officials say the government is less dependable and efficient than it was a year ago. President Trump ...