US President Donald Trump has paused grants, loans and other federal assistance, according to a leaked government memo, later ...

The unexpected memo left agencies scrambling to understand which programs were affected and how they should respond.

President Donald Trump signed orders late Monday banning openly transgender service members from the U.S. military and ...

The 47th president invokes the powers of Article II to fire the special counsel’s squad — but are his hands tied?

An electorate that can’t make up its mind on which party to entrust with power makes those faceless, despised bureaucrats our ...

It was not immediately clear how much money headed to Massachusetts might be affected by the pause, but it could carry major ...

Policymakers, nonprofits and others who rely on federal funding are scrambling to unpack the significance of a Trump ...

Members of the health benefits policy-shaping committees in Congress are talking about encouraging bipartisanship.

The United States has the smallest defense budget in nearly 100 years. If the U.S. is in a cold war, it seems to be cheaper and less urgent than the last.

President Donald Trump's Office of Management and Budget issued a memo Monday directing agencies to pause federal grants and ...

Republican Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, a newcomer to the California Legislature, wants to retake power from Democrats with ...

Chief among congressional Republicans’ priorities is an extension of the 2017 tax law, most of which is set to expire at the end of the year. A full extension is projected to cost about $4.6 trillion ...