During his three presidential campaigns, Donald Trump promised to run the federal government as though it were a business.

Above all, Washington was a farmer. On his Mount Vernon estate, in northern Virginia, he grew tobacco and wheat and operated a gristmill. After his second term as president, he built a profitable ...

For decades, the Presidential Management Fellows program was seen as a building block for the civil service with the ...

Democrats in Congress have long denounced Trump as an enemy of democracy, but they haven’t put any sort of brake on American militarism.

To win elections, Democrats have to appeal to average American voters and develop fresh leaders to become the faces, voices ...

Crews have begun work to remove the large yellow “Black Lives Matter” painted on the street one block from the White House. D ...

The publishers that dominate the book trade have all created special imprints that cater to ultraconservative readers. They ...

Facing weeks of negative headlines and growing pressure from within the Trump administration, the U.S. DOGE Service is racing ...

The threat of a government shutdown is looming over Washington yet again. Here's what to know ahead of potential votes.

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Live updates and the latest news as President Donald Trump signs executive orders and Congress works to pass a spending bill ...

Here's a look at how special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents has progressed. Even though President Donald Trump threatened ...