You can make all kinds of claims and promises when running for office. But once you’re in charge, you have to watch your words. There are consequences and real-life implications for the things you say ...

On Monday, the White House Office of Management and Budget put out a memorandum, which is not supposed to carry the weight of an appropriation passed into law by Congress, telling federal agencies to ...

A 19th-century presidential assassination was a signature event in helping the U.S. establish a meritocratic system for ...

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

Democrats harshly criticized President Donald Trump for a news conference Thursday in which he said that his predecessors and diversity were to blame for Wednesday night’s fatal collision of an Army ...

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 Senate Budget Committee on Thursday advanced Russell Vought’s nomination as Office of Management and Budget director, ...

To contextualize a chaotic first 10 days for the federal government in President Donald Trump’s second term, some have ...

What Trump's order says, how local law enforcement is involved, ICE's efforts so far and what to do if you encounter ICE.

There is no evidence that the U.S. earmarked $50 million in condoms to Gaza, or that it has recently spent $50 million on condoms in Gaza. On X, a State Department spokesperson said the freeze stopped ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's new tool for reshaping the federal government is a relatively obscure agency, the ...

Presidents fully control FEMA aid. The operative word in federal disaster law is “may,” as in: “The President may make ...