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The Trump administration has ordered federal agencies to lay off so-called probationary employees, potentially affecting some ...

Nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — roughly one-tenth of the agency's ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal ...

Conservatives who have spent decades promoting deep cuts to government are giving mixed reviews to the Department of ...

The budget office is also already shaking up federal ... From that position, Vought often counseled congressional Republicans to wage win-at-all-costs fights to cut federal programs and spending.

With this series of weekly updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See ...

Speaker Mike Johnson has cleared a major hurdle toward unlocking the massive, party-line bill he’s pursuing to enact President Donald Trump’s vast domestic agenda. Now he’s got more jumping to do. On ...

New Jersey is currently staring down a more than $3 billion structural deficit as Gov. Phil Murphy prepares to unveil his next — and final — state budget proposal this month, three sources with direct ...

Congress has the authority to control government expenditures. Donald Trump is the latest president to try to get around that ...

The Republican-led Budget Committee approved a sweeping proposal to unlock Trump's agenda, sending it to the full House.