U.S. federal budgeting has two major categories of spending. The one subject to the most scrutiny is “discretionary” spending, which is the basis of the annual appropriations process. This includes ...

Survivors are entitled to federal death benefits in addition to whatever else their state and department award them. Children of fallen officers are also entitled to educational benefits.

Two federal death row inmates are asking to be exempted from outgoing President Joe Biden’s order commuting their sentences to life in prison without parole, as they seek to appeal their cases ...

The draft report was published Tuesday ahead of a major update to influential federal guidelines ... alcohol's health risks and benefits into "alcohol-attributable death" estimates.