Soft data, blunt DOGE-led layoffs of federal workers and uncertainty about Trump White House economic policies have sparked questions about the prospect of a U.S. recession. Economists say that a ...

Labor unions are asking a federal judge in San Francisco for an emergency injunction blocking the mass firings of ...

The GOP representative touted the work to cut wasteful government spending but noted that Republicans "have to be compassionate" in their messaging.

The memo expands the Republican president's effort to downsize the federal workforce, which he has described as bloated and ...

New jobless claims jumped by 22,000 to 242,000 in the seven days that ended Feb. 22, the government said, up from 220,000 in the prior week.

President Donald Trump says he plans to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting next Tuesday, in addition to doubling ...

A memo from the White House on Wednesday gave federal agencies two weeks to submit plans for widespread layoffs in the latest ...

The Trump administration ordered thousands of employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development to clear out their offices by Friday, as the agency has been subject to some of the most ...

Plus, the Supreme Court pauses judge's order requiring the Trump administration to pay foreign aid contractors. These and ...

Under direction from Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, agencies have already fired thousands of workers. And, earlier this month, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told NewsNation ...

The Trump administration revealed in a court filing that Musk is not the administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency, a woman named Amy Gleason is. Regardless, Musk and the cabinet ...