Federal Officials Underplaying Measles Vaccination, Experts Say
In a first test of the Trump administration’s ability to respond to an infectious disease emergency, its top health official has shied away from one of the government’s most important…
Horticulturists, Biologists, Engineers: Federal ‘Bloat’ or Valued Experts?
The National Plant Germplasm System, a vast federal collection of seeds, roots, branches and stems, is probably unknown to most Americans. But to Rachel Spaeth the system is a “living…
Judge Rules Trump Can’t Fire Head of Federal Watchdog Agency Without Cause
A federal judge in Washington on Saturday blocked President Trump from ousting the leader of a federal watchdog agency, saying that the effort to remove the official without due cause…
Trump Signs Order to Designate English as Official Language of the U.S.
President Trump signed an order designating English as the official language of the United States, the White House said on Saturday. The executive order rescinds a Clinton-era mandate that required…
How Zelensky’s Oval Office Meeting Turned into a Showdown With Trump
Just hours before President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine sat down with President Trump in the Oval Office on Friday, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina dispensed some advice to the…
Democrats See Political Opening in G.O.P. Budget as Republicans Eye Medicaid Cuts
In 2018, Democrats won back the House, flipping 41 seats including in conservative-leaning places like the suburbs of Utah and Oklahoma by focusing narrowly on a single issue: Republican efforts…
Behind the Collision: Trump Jettisons Ukraine on His Way to a Larger Goal
After five weeks in which President Trump made clear his determination to scrap America’s traditional sources of power — its alliances among like-minded democracies — and return the country to…
Oil Companies Wanted Trump to Lower Costs. Tariffs Are Raising Them.
President Trump’s promise during last year’s election to make it far easier to drill for oil and gas thrilled energy executives who believed his policies would lower their costs and…
Judge Says Trump Administration Memos Directing Mass Firings Were Illegal
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to retract directives that prompted the firing of thousands of federal workers, saying that those directives were “illegal” and suggesting that…
With Trump, Alliances Come With Strings Attached
After World War I, Germany, which had invaded Belgium, had to fork over billions to cover the damages the war had caused. The end of World War II saw Japan,…