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U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, one of his closest advisers, have mounted a sweeping campaign to slash the size of the 2.3 million-strong federal workforce, firing more than 20, ...

Judge Adam Abelson temporarily halted Trump’s push to cancel DEI-related federal contracts and bring legal action over ...

President Trump and Elon Musk have spent several weeks slashing federal jobs — often in defiance of legal limits — and there ...

Trump's whole-of-government approach to immigration involves nearly every major Cabinet agency, expanding beyond traditional ...

Bay Area News Group: Berkeley Man Sues Kaiser Permanente, Accuses Medical Assistant Of Sexual Assault During Cancer Surgery A Kaiser Permanente patient filed a lawsuit last week against the ...

There’s a lot happening in the federal government, and American retirees could see changes in their budgets and benefits as a ...

Performance bonuses for top civil servants are not new. But there has been little or no media coverage of bonuses paid to ...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has canceled $4 million in contracts that promote "diversity, equity, and ...

A federal judge has said that the Trump administration can continue its mass firing spree of federal employees.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is considering steps to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, with potential executive action coming as early as this month. A White House official told ...