The U.S. government is facing a major realignment as President Trump directs federal agencies to develop plans for eliminating employee positions and consolidating programs.
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt is sitting down to talk about the first several weeks of the Trump administration and her goals for the people of Alabama.
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been given 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week, as billionaire Elon Musk expands his drive to slash the size of federal government.
When Bill Clinton came to Washington as president, his Democratic administration also offered buyouts to federal workers and made spending cuts.
A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to encourage federal employees to resign from their jobs by offering them financial incentives.
Congressional leaders have announced an agreement on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government shutdown.
The U.S. Senate has passed a stopgap spending bill that avoids a short-term shutdown and funds the federal government through Feb. 18 after leaders defused a partisan standoff over federal vaccine mandates.
President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal workers in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration has announced sweeping new pandemic rules for federal workers and some contractors. It is requiring that any federal civilian worker who does not verify being fully…
The federal government is asking a judge to dismiss Alabama’s lawsuit seeking to exclude people living in the country illegally from 2020 U.S. Census counts. A federal judge on Wednesday gave Alabama until Jan. 25 to respond to the request. U.S. Department of Justice lawyers wrote in a court filing last week that Alabama’s claim that it could lose a…
The federal government recorded a $76.9 billion deficit in July, with increased government spending and tax cuts keeping the country on track to record its biggest annual deficit in six years. The Treasury Department reports that in the first 10 months of this budget year, the deficit totaled $684 billion, up 20.8 percent from the same period last year. Revenues…
