Johnson ‘Wholeheartedly’ Agrees With Trump’s Spending Cuts, Undermining Congress
The comments by the speaker were his latest move to diminish the role of the legislative branch, and in keeping with his move ...
The courts step in where Congress fears to tread
It’s a revealing and risible revue in Washington’s corridors of cower. Our GOP-led Congress has abdicated any oversight role ...
Secrecy preceded the shutdown of the consumer protection agency’s Washington headquarters
President Donald Trump’s budget chief has sent an email to consumer protection agency employees telling them to stop working.
In Trump’s Washington, a War of Wordplay Takes Hold
The previous administration’s progressive lexicon has been swept away, replaced by a new official language of a bureaucracy ...
Trump administration owes US business millions in unpaid bills amid USAID shutdown, lawsuit says
A new lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of stiffing businesses of hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid bills for ...
What’s at stake for Washington’s flagship research institutions in the legal battle over NIH funding
The famed cherry blossoms on the University of Washington campus in Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) The fight ...
Faith-based groups sue Trump over orders on refugees and immigration enforcement
Dozens of religious groups are challenging President Donald Trump's order on refugee resettlement and immigration enforcement ...
DOGE cuts $900 million from agency that tracks American students’ academic progress
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal research office that tracks the progress of America’s students is being hit with almost $900 ...
Trump’s education chief comes from the boardroom, not the classroom. Backers say that’s her strength
Anthony Cernera appointed McMahon to Sacred Heart’s board of trustees in 2004 when he was the school’s president. She studied ...
This app is turbocharging calls to Congress about Trump’s policies
The app the couple founded, 5 Calls, was melting down under a crush of people contacting their members of Congress. A flurry of White House executive orders and overhauls of federal bureaucracy are ...
Federal workers, lawmakers rally at Capitol Hill to protect civil service
Hundreds of federal workers are expected to gather on Capitol Hill for the American Federation of Government Employees “Rally ...
Trump funding freeze could make fighting Nevada wildfires harder, Rosen warns
Reno Fire Chief David Cochran says a funding freeze on federal seasonal firefighters would mean weakened response ...