Washington — Congress is barreling toward a deadline to avert a government shutdown in just over two weeks, with Democrats and Republicans at odds over whether there should be guardrails on ...

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

Immigration officials say anyone living in the U.S. illegally will soon have to register with the federal government, and those who don’t could face fines, imprisonment or both. The registry ...

The Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memo “This looks like a plan for a significant and shocking reduction of the federal workforce that I don ...

Thousands of federal workers have been laid off or issued immediate termination notifications as part of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s plan to cut spending and downsize the federal ...

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President Trump supported Elon Musk’s email to federal employees asking them to describe their performance at work. Musk posted on X that nonresponses would be considered resignations.

The deadline for federal workers to respond to Elon Musk's request to verify their weekly work output passed on Monday night, but the consequences of declining to respond remain vague. Musk ...

Federal workers spent Monday trying to figure out how – or even whether – to respond to Elon Musk’s weekend email blast telling them to explain their work last week or risk losing their job.

Elon Musk told federal employees to respond to an email asking them to list their accomplishments from the previous week—or risk being fired.

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