Rumors about new stimulus checks, IRS direct deposits, relief payments and tariff dividends swirled throughout 2025, and they’re continuing to circulate as we head into 2026. But is there any truth to them?

More than half of the childcare providers in Missouri are scrambling after the federal government paused payments to the state without warning.

The US Department of Health and Human Services says it has frozen all child care payments to the state of Minnesota, as the FBI and Department of Homeland Security investigate allegations of fraud, including at child care centers,

Federal workers are bearing the brunt of the government shutdown, with more than 1 million of them going unpaid while Democrats and Republicans in Congress argue over funding federal agencies for the current fiscal year.But those lawmakers on Capitol Hill ...

Federal workers have been ordered to return to work after the end of the government shutdown as they await back pay. While an estimated 750,000 workers were furloughed during the shutdown, some others were considered essential and required to work without pay.