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

I’m all for efficiency, but I’m also for protecting the people that count on the government,” Eric Swalwell says ...

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

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have taken to the federal workforce, enacting layoffs and terminations. Here are some impacted ...

In the weeks since President Donald Trump has assumed office, more than 200,000 federal workers at a number of agencies have had their roles slashed.

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

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

"These layoffs and rollbacks ultimately will make the US weaker, less resilient, more dependent on other countries," said Kate Gordon.

The trend echos the priorities that Trump outlined in a Feb. 11 executive order on workforce efficiency, which said that ...

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

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

Trump's rhetoric at the time sparked a major debate over the future of European security. Macron, who also took office in ...