When Donald Trump was running for president, he made it clear that one of his priorities was to slash the size of government.

Two government labor unions and an advocacy group are suing the Department of Treasury and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service ...

The political analyst Yuval Levin discusses Trump’s first few weeks in office and the limits of presidential power.

On Friday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reportedly granted aides of Elon Musk access to the department’s payments system, ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. paid nearly $1 million to settle a sexual misconduct case brought by one of the employees at his ...

Democrats are fighting to energize their party’s growing resistance to President Trump and his chief lieutenant, Elon Musk.

Democratic lawmakers protested Elon Musk’s sweeping influence over the government with protests, proposed legislation and ...

President Trump said the entity would focus on cutting government waste and slashing federal regulations, and he put tech ...

President Trump said the entity would focus on cutting government waste and slashing federal regulations, and he put tech ...

People don’t trust it,” one USAID staff member told Devex. “Everything I’ve read says it’s not legal, and I think that’s ...

Trump says the president should be able to decide how to spend taxpayer money – not Congress. Part of his plan? Impoundment: ...

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