A 19th-century presidential assassination was a signature event in helping the U.S. establish a meritocratic system for ...

Robert F. Kennedy’s first confirmation hearing Wednesday to become secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services ...

Executive orders will have dramatic impact on federal agencies, contractors, and grantees, and sow uncertainty about voluntary DEI ...

Several of Donald Trump’s picks for his Cabinet and key roles in his administration are facing confirmation hearings in the Senate today as the president continues to implement executive actions to ...

GOP lawmakers were caught off guard by the president’s remarks Thursday about the deadly collision …{beacon} Evening Report ...

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

California legislators on Thursday delayed a vote on a pair of bills that would provide up to $50 million combined for the ...

On Capitol Hill, Trump faced bipartisan complaints as constituents and affected groups flooded lawmakers’ offices with phone ...

Some suburban gun violence prevention efforts, counseling programs for sexual abuse victims and road improvement projects would be crippled if President Donald Trump’s controversial order to freeze ...

A federal judge signaled he will issue a temporary restraining order barring the Trump administration from freezing federal ...

Shipments of uranium ore are expected to resume in February after the Navajo Nation reached a settlement with a mining ...

Although rescinded, an order to freeze disbursement of federal grant money would have cost the city of South Bend "tens of ...