Federal judge will consider further blocking Trump administration from freezing funds
A federal judge will on Friday consider a request to further block President Donald Trump ’s administration from freezing trillions of dollars of grants and loans that fund everything from clean energy programs to bridge repairs to emergency shelters.
Trump is firing federal workers who are not funded by taxpayers
The United States on Friday proposed a draft United Nations resolution to mark the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a move that pits Washington against an effort by Kyiv and European allies to have their own text adopted by the General Assembly.
US judge blocks Trump's bid to ban DEI by federal agencies, contractors
A federal judge in Maryland on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from implementing bans on diversity, equity and inclusion programs at federal agencies and by businesses that contract with the federal government.
Where Trump, Musk and DOGE Have Cut Federal Workers So Far
President Trump and Elon Musk have spent several weeks slashing federal jobs — often in defiance of legal limits — and there are more to come. These are the reported cuts to date.
The Latest: Federal Judge Allows Trump’s Mass Firings of Federal Workers to Continue
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper decided he could not grant a motion from unions representing the workers to temporarily block President Donald Trump’s mass firings of federal workers
Judge blocks Trump's executive order ending federal support for DEI programs
A federal judge has blocked a sweeping executive order from President Trump that sought to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
Trump scored big legal wins this week, but his efforts to reshape the government still face hurdles
A judge allowed the administration's mass layoffs to proceed, while a key appeals court ruling on the president's order to ...
Military families rocked by Trump’s federal government cuts
The Trump administration’s swift, sweeping cuts to the federal workforce is set to derail the livelihoods of potentially ...
Supreme Court Rejects, for Now, Trump’s Bid to Fire Government Watchdog
The court’s order indicated that it may return to the issue as soon as next week, when a trial judge’s temporary restraining ...
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‘Vengefulness before science’: Inside the DOE on the day 1800 federal workers lost their jobs, why it happened, and what’s coming next
The U.S. Department of Energy has effectively stopped working after sustaining sweeping job cuts that threaten the goals of ...
Employees at the VA, Pennsylvania’s largest federal employer, must return to in-person work this spring or summer
Federal employees at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, which employs the largest share of government workers in Pennsylvania, have received guidance on when they must return to ...
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The Federal Government is Too Small
When Donald Trump was born, the federal government workforce made up 4.5 percent of all nonfarm workers (Figure 1). Today, ...
DOGE Cuts Hit Federal Workers Who Aren’t Funded by Taxpayers
Fees paid to agencies like the Food and Drug Administration and the FDIC fund part of their workforces, so cutting those jobs ...
What to know about Trump’s order targeting federal benefits for migrants
Most undocumented immigrants are ineligible for federal benefits already. But here’s what the directive could mean in ...