But he did not promise a slash-and-burn austerity budget and a radically downsized federal government ... mugging and laughing like a cartoon villain the whole time. It wasn’t in the Trump ...

With a blizzard of executive orders, President Donald Trump has jump-started an extraordinary plan to transform the federal government ... of 2.3 million from a political takeover.

The status of federal workers fired by Elon Musk’s ... for his vote for the continuing budget resolution that prevented a government shutdown. Schumer postponed a book tour over “security ...

The death of Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church around the world, is the main event in this week’s editorial cartoon gallery ... s threat to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome ...

Lisa Rein covers federal agencies ... law and will shift power to political appointees in ways that experts say will bring loyalty tests to a nonpartisan government. Among Trump’s first orders ...