A raft of new lawsuits contend that President Trump and Elon Musk are breaking the law to ransack the F.B.I. and other ...

The Senate confirmed Pam Bondi to be the next attorney general at a pivotal moment for the Justice Department.

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President Trump ordered the dismantling of the Department of Education, throwing into question the fate of financial aid and funding for underserved students.

Hesed House’s executive director and others told U.S. Rep. Bill Foster about their concerns about federal funding and other ...

As the second administration of President Donald Trump continued its rapid recasting of the federal government, the president ...

A scheme in Purbeck, Dorset, is creating hundreds of acres for wildlife and livestock with funding from Government’s ...

Democratic leaders are issuing key demands to their GOP counterparts — and threatening to withhold support on must-pass bills ...

Faust and Benjamin break down the administration's executive orders affecting federal health agencies, scientific research, ...

The order came in response to a memo released by the Office of Management and Budget last week directing agencies to freeze ...

Sometimes a constitutional crisis sneaks up on you, shrouded in darkness, revealing itself gradually. Other times it ...

With an executive order, the president can’t write a new statute, but an order can tell federal agencies how to implement a ...