Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.

The Beltway swamp hates it, but the president is bound and determined to shrink the federal budget and its huge deficit.

The Trump administration ordered temporary freezes in funding for programs spanning virtually every part of the government.

President Donald Trump’s directives to shrink the federal workforce by next week seeks to make good on his campaign pledge to ...

After major backlash, Trump’s radical plan to freeze government spending is on hold. Now, it’s all very confusing and ...

The order that froze trillions of dollars of federal grants and loans was published without vetting by key officials in the ...

The Trump administration is poised to oust Biden-era appointee Rohit Chopra as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and is considering either the Treasury Department or the White House ...

The Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget released a new memo Wednesday rescinding a controversial memo ...

One of the most visible signs of how President Donald Trump is trying to reshape the federal government is his call for ...

The withdrawal of the federal freeze was a stunning about-face for President Donald Trump’s White House, which has so far ...

The Trump administration announced Monday night that it would unilaterally pause trillions of dollars in federal funding as ...