The Beltway swamp hates it, but President Donald Trump is bound and determined to shrink the federal budget and its massive deficit, and to shrink the 2 million-plus federal workforce.

The instructions were published Tuesday in a Defense Intelligence Agency memo and affect 11 annual events, including Black ...

The disbanding of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities came amid a flurry of executive orders touching on art, culture and history.

Among the problems with the latest White House executive order on public schools: It brings back the "1776 Commission," which ...

To the delight of many people of faith, Trump has championed religious freedom and free speech beyond what they could have ...

The White House has no authority over curriculum, and no ability to unilaterally pull back federal dollars, but Trump is ...

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

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

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

Among the immigration orders signed on Inauguration Day was a requirement for all immigrants to carry proof of documentation.

Confusion and questions continue to swirl around the status of federal funding following President Trump's executive order to freeze federal assistance programs ...