Project 2025 threatens federal job security, shifting civil service roles to at-will employment. Explore its impact on ...

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

The president says he wants a system based on “merit.” It’s clear from his administration’s words that he’s not talking about ...

The 119th United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. New members were ...

Go back to 2020, when Trump signed Schedule F, an executive order to reclassify career civil servants and make them easier to fire and then replace with political loyalists. Buyouts are a back-door ...

Two major unions representing U.S. government employees filed a lawsuit on Wednesday aimed at slowing President Donald ...

The prospect of legal challenges to President Trump’s purges may be a feature, not a bug, for adherents of sweeping ...

The new Trump administration’s effort to both get a grip on and dismantle the federal workforce has also been a dystopian ...

Musk tried a similar scheme after his takeover of Twitter. What could go wrong with applying it to millions of federal ...

Trump has remained remarkably faithful to his dark, Day One promises, and has attempted to govern as an authoritarian. The ...

DHS Secretary Noem rode alongside federal agents targeting a high-profile Venezuelan gang member during immigration enforcement in the Bronx.

Trump continues his crackdown on illegal immigration and takes executive action on federal aid and DEI initiatives.