It’s taken just a few weeks in office, but the Trump administration’s apparent vision for economic populism is coming into focus: a blueprint for mass layoffs, creeping inflation, and a dissolution of consumer safeguards reviled by many wealthy Republican donors and politicians.

The Trump administration’s demand that federal agencies plan to radically downsize is driven by a key figure in the conservative movement who has long planned this move.

The RIFs directive from the White House is the latest step the Trump administration has taken to reduce the size of the federal workforce.

Federal officials circulated a memo asking agency leaders to plan even more job reductions after thousands of federal workers were fired in recent weeks.

President Donald Trump's administration says federal agencies should begin planning to eliminate employee positions. The process is known as a reduction in force.

and the Federal Trade Commission — will now submit major regulations to the White House Office of Management and Budget, which is overseen by Russell Vought. Vought will establish "performance standards and management objectives" for the heads of these ...