The second Trump administration has been characterized in large part by a focused effort to cut down the number of federal ...

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Trump and Musk’s slash-and-burn approach to government, to the economy, to relationships with traditional allies, and the way ...

How mass buyouts and layoffs at Trump's U.S. Department of Education might impact millions of students, teachers and administrators.

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President Trump has promised to rid the government of "waste, fraud and abuse." But he's fired many of the people who look ...

The firings by Trump aide Elon Musk's DOGE disrupted health studies that were meant to follow patients over time, VA researchers said.

States are bracing for cuts to services from early childhood education to college. CT hasn't seen any disruptions, but the ...

One after another, callers on a telephone town hall with U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga pressed the Michigan Republican about ...

More than 500 protesters lined College Avenue in front of the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks to oppose cuts ...

For parents of kids with disabilities, advocating for their child can be complicated, time-consuming — and expensive ...

Samsung has decided to stop any future investment in Mexico over economic doubts caused in part by President Trump’s proposed ...