Are deep cuts in federal spending and thoughtful cuts both possible? Our Editorial Board Roundtable offers some thoughts.

Thousands of federal government employees have been shown the door in the first month of President Donald Trump’s ...

DOGE’s government-wide probationary layoffs are predicted to affect as many as 200,000 employees in the public sector as the ...

Facing constituents angry about the impact of sweeping government job cuts, some Republicans are expressing concern.

Trump could have gotten the idea from a conspiracy theory floating in right-wing spheres that claims Amish people have a ...

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency fired the top U.S. authority for nuclear-safety matters last ...

Federal workers responsible for America's nuclear weapons, scientists trying to fight a worsening outbreak of bird flu, and ...

Last week’s hastily reversed firings at the National Nuclear Security Administration have left a reeling, rattled agency in ...

Scott Curtis had a leadership role in a critical agency until being kicked “to the curb” by Trump and Musk. Only after this ...

Critics say the president is on a scorched-earth campaign to raze the federal government. The White House says he's delivering for voters.

What would you say you do here, Sean Hannity asked in so many words, and the world’s richest man replied, “Tech support.” The ...