If you were affected by the January wildfires and haven't put in for federal assistance yet, the clock is ticking.

FEMA individual assistance: March 10 deadline to apply. You can apply online at FEMA's Disaster Assistance website, use the FEMA mobile app, call FEMA's helpline at (800) 621-3362 or apply in person ...

If you've been laid off from the federal government, there are resources for you, experts say. Among them: Unemployment compensation benefits. Layoffs are a painful fact of life for a lot of people, ...

According to the Department of Labor, the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose by 22,000 to 242,000 last week, a three-month high. An increase in claims was expected as mass ...

Contributed commentary by Mary Gillum with the Legal Aid Society on what taxpayers need to know about filing this year.

Applications for U.S. jobless benefits rose to a three-month high last week but remained within the same healthy range of the ...

President Donald Trump says he plans to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting next Tuesday, in addition to doubling ...

If a person is classified as an independent contractor — like many who had contracts with USAID — they often can't collect ...

The governors are welcoming former federal staffers who lost their jobs in the Trump administration’s widespread cost-cutting agenda to apply for government jobs in their states. Some places are ...

Need a real-life example of how the lives of local residents have been upended by the presidency of Donald Trump? Jenice Armstrong talked to three of the 400 local IRS employees laid off last week.

Texans are among the workers being fired as President Donald Trump reshapes the federal workforce. Can they get unemployment benefits?