Hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers may not automatically receive back pay once the government reopens, President Trump signaled on Tuesday, prompting renewed fears that the administra...

The Trump administration has escalated its political battle with the Democrats by firing federal workers in response to the government shutdown that began last week.

Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said on the social media site X that the “RIFs have begun,” referring to reduction-in-force plans aimed at reducing the size of the f...