The Trump administration's demand that federal agencies plan to radically downsize is driven by a key figure in the conservative movement who has long planned this move.

The Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency aims to slash federal government spending. Here's what you need to know about the commission.

Federal agencies have a little more than two weeks to devise plans for achieving significant staff reductions and cost ...

Because Trump was extremely tardy in communicating any preference between the Senate’s approach of enacting that agenda in ...

There’s no chance that the state of Illinois could pay the $7.5 billion to keep everybody covered,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said. ...

Gov. JB Pritzker traveled to Washington Tuesday to push for the release of $1.8 billion in frozen federal funds to the state of Illinois — and to further sound the alarm on a pending GOP budget cut to ...

With a push from President Donald Trump, House Republicans have sent a GOP budget blueprint to passage, a step toward ...

Thousands of probationary employees have already been fired, and now the administration is turning its attention to career ...

The White House directed all federal departments and agencies to prepare for widespread job cuts on the same day of Trump's first Cabinet meeting.

Republicans are still at odds about whether to pursue one big bill or break up Trump's agenda into two. There are also disputes about the scope of cuts to programs like Medicaid.

Elon Musk grabbed center stage at the first cabinet meeting of President Trump’s second term, saying “America will go ...

Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen was denied the option of voting remotely or using a proxy, so she took matters—and her ...