The federal government has just undergone one of the sharpest staff contractions in its modern history, and Elon Musk is ...

Since President Donald Trump took office two months ago, his Department of Government Efficiency has pursued a campaign to cut what he calls bloated federal headcounts and wasteful spending. But while ...

This story has been updated at 3 p.m. ET, May 1. Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted Wednesday mostly along party lines to advance a series of proposals that would ...

The unsigned order, which prompted no public dissents, suggested the Trump administration could return to the high court if ...

The hosts of the Throughline podcast bring us the story of how a presidential assassination gave rise to the modern federal civil service. The federal government is the largest employer in the U.S., ...

The New York state Capitol building in Albany, N.Y. States are trying to recruit fired federal workers into open positions in state government. The public-sector workforce is still recovering from ...

Gerald Krygier is cheering from the sidelines as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency takes a chainsaw to government bloat. A secondary teacher from Fort Collins, Colorado, Krygier says the ...