If all programs were included, decision-makers would have transparency and could better identify potential wasteful or duplicative spending," Dawn Locke said.

The new White House task force will withhold government funding for state and local benefits programs if their anti-fraud controls are viewed as lacking.

Fraud infests federal healthcare programs. The main reason: no one is spending their own money. This leaves federal taxpayers on the hook for corrupt and incompetent management. Medicaid and Obamacare ...

Hundreds of thousands of rural families could lose their affordable homes as mortgages the program supported expire by 2050.

Federal housing programs have picked up where they left off after President Donald Trump signed a bill ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The government's new funding agreement ...

Americans are the most generous people on Earth. Yet in Ohio and across the nation, well-intended government programs often trap our fellow citizens in poverty instead of providing a path to upward ...

The plight of 42 million food-stamp recipients is the federal-government shutdown’s most inflammatory issue. Federal judges ordered the Trump administration to pay food-stamp benefits regardless. Team ...

This page reflects the news from the federal government shutdown on Sunday, Nov. 2. For the latest updates, read USA TODAY's live coverage for Monday, Nov. 3. WASHINGTON – It's not clear when millions ...

As the government shutdown continues, several key programs are at risk. One of them is Head Start, the federal program that provides early childhood education, health and food support for low-income ...