The US government could potentially enter a shutdown next month, the first one that would ever take place during tax filing ...

A proposal to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education is gaining steam as President Donald Trump moves to swiftly carry ...

The president’s special commission now has an unprecedented ability to view and manipulate information at many federal ...

The U.S. has roughly one month until the government runs out of money, and the talks to avoid that are a mess, writes Philip ...

President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the United States Department of Education, Linda McMahon, spoke to senators Thursday ...

Conservation projects across the world are reeling from the Trump administration’s abrupt decision to shut down USAID and ...

The USDA says "several" staffers working on the bird flu response were terminated over the weekend, and "we are working to ...

Borrowers can’t control what President Trump tries to do to student loans or the Education Department. But you can take these ...

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As Elon Musk upends the government, the White House has taken advantage of rules with weak enforcement and loopholes — or simply declared it can outweigh other laws.

Here’s what will change if USAID is eliminated. USAID delivers billions of dollars in humanitarian aid to countries around ...