The Beltway swamp hates it, but President Donald Trump is bound and determined to shrink the federal budget and its massive deficit, and to shrink the 2 million-plus federal workforce.

President Trump signed an executive order calling for a federal “funding freeze,” and Matthew J. Vaeth, the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) subsequently issued a memo ...

Among the problems with the latest White House executive order on public schools: It brings back the "1776 Commission," which ...

To the delight of many people of faith, Trump has championed religious freedom and free speech beyond what they could have ...

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

The instructions were published Tuesday in a Defense Intelligence Agency memo and affect 11 annual events, including Black ...

After major backlash, Trump’s radical plan to freeze government spending is on hold. Now, it’s all very confusing and ...

Confusion and questions continue to swirl around the status of federal funding following President Trump's executive order to freeze federal assistance programs ...

International climate finance has had a challenging start to 2025. One of President Donald Trump's first acts upon returning ...

Donald Trump speeds up the order to ban the teaching of race and gender theories in U.S. schools for students aged 5 to 18.

The administration is showing it doesn’t view the House and Senate as equal partners. So far, Republicans, who hold both ...