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The Trump administration has released $5.3 billion of previously frozen foreign aid. The unfreezing of funds is primarily ...

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 ...

A federal judge in Massachusetts indicated she would move quickly to consider a more lasting injunction after hearing a ...

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

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has targeted federal agencies like USAID, CFPB, and NOAA to reduce government ...

Court orders have had only limited effect in the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International ...

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 ...