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

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

A federal judge this week issued a stay that freezes a freeze that the Trump administration had earlier tried to impose upon ...

His funding freeze play was supposed to be part of a well-planned, shock-and-awe takeover. The slapdash result suggests that ...

Senate Republicans advanced the nomination of Russell Vought to lead the White House budget office as Democrats boycotted the ...

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

The D.C. fire chief has said that recovery is now underway, as bodies are pulled out of the Potomac River. With many of Trump ...

California legislators on Thursday delayed a vote on a pair of bills that would provide up to $50 million combined for the ...

President Donald Trump issued a memo ordering a freezing of federal funds. After lawsuits and a federal judge issuing an ...

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

After widespread confusion, the Trump administration walked back some of its message about a funding freeze on federal grants ...