The Department of Veterans Affairs will begin mass layoffs at the politically sensitive agency as early as June, according to a memo reviewed by Reuters. The memo, which is dated March 6, directs ...

WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. government agency that provides weather forecasts is planning another round of mass layoffs as part of President Donald Trump's plan to thin the ranks of ...

WASHINGTON – As President Donald Trump continues his campaign to gut federal agencies, one of his favorite targets has been the U.S. Department of Education, which he has vowed to close.

Clinical trials have been delayed, contracts canceled and support staff fired. With deeper cuts coming, some are warning of potential harms to veterans. Chante Duncan was an office manager at a ...

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to "put herself out of a job" and close the Department of Education. McMahon was confirmed by the ...

WITH SOME INSIGHT FOR US. DAVID. EDUCATORS WE TALKED WITH ARE WORRIED THAT DISMANTLING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WILL HURT VULNERABLE STUDENTS THE MOST. AND HERE’S SOMETHING THAT COULD IMPACT ...

Editor's note: This is a developing story. If you are a dismissed or active federal worker with information to share, please reach out at [email protected]. A federal judge has ordered that all ...

Government shutdown looms as Senate Democrats plan to oppose GOP stopgap funding bill Senate Democrats announced their opposition to a Republican stopgap funding bill, increasing the risk of a ...

The future of the United States Department of Education is now at risk, as efforts to eliminate it gain momentum. Changes under President Donald Trump‘s administration seemed inevitable, given ...

A number of Iranian-Americans have responded with anger after U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham quipped in an interview that it would be "terrible" if DNA testing revealed that he had Iranian ...

The Education Department has cut its workforce in half. Abolishing the department requires U.S. Congress approval. There have been past attempts to dissolve the department. With new Department of ...