NIH reels with fear, uncertainty about future of scientific research
The Trump administration’s orders have created more turmoil and damage at the National Institutes of Health than was ...
See inside DOGE’s playbook for eliminating DEI
Documents detail step-by-step plans by the U.S. DOGE Service to purge federal agencies of diversity, equity, and inclusion workers and offices. Here’s what comes next.
DOGE staffers bring U.S. marshals to small federal agency that denied them access
The show of force by Trump administration officials and federal law enforcement resulted in a frantic and “traumatizing” ...
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Inside the USDA, staffers struggle with Trump’s funding freeze
a deputy administrator overseeing the USDA’s Transportation and Marketing office, according to a contemporaneous record of the Jan. 29 meeting, which was obtained by The Washington Post.
Trump administration fires thousands for ‘performance’ without evidence, in messy rush
Many probationary employees targeted in latest Trump cuts across agencies had excellent ratings; legal challenges are expected.
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Inside U.S. spy agencies, workers fear a cataclysmic Trump cull
His performance assessments, reviewed by The Washington Post, were positive ... He began last October and served in that office less than three months before being targeted for dismissal as ...
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Inside the White House’s new media strategy to promote Trump as ‘KING’
In an X post, communications director Steven Cheung ... great television,” Trump said as reporters filed out of the Oval Office. The approach seems to be resonating online: Trump’s first ...
Small federal agency blocks DOGE employees from entering its building
The USADF, an independent agency created by Congress and focused on African economic development, resisted letting in DOGE ...
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Short ribs, soup and secrets: Our critic’s exclusive lunch at the CIA
Inside, diners pay in cash for high-quality ... My minder with the agency’s Office of Public Affairs, Janelle Neises, has graciously seated me facing a picture window overlooking a gold-and ...