Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. The Federal Reserve has battled a variety of economic troubles over the past 35 years. Between tech busts, a financial crisis and a ...

So why should federal jobs be any different? “It’s nothing personal,” he said. “It’s just business.” President Donald Trump has spent the first weeks of his second term rallying ...

The United States federal income tax is levied by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on the annual earnings of individuals, corporations, trusts, and other legal entities. Federal income taxes for ...

Elon Musk on Monday highlighted the cost of federal spending on entitlement programs, the latest sign of the tech billionaire and presidential adviser’s focus to downsize the federal government ...

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced that it has deactivated more than 200,000 credit cards linked to more than a dozen federal agencies following an audit showing they were ...

A federal judge on Monday ruled that the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency’s must release records about its operation as it is likely covered under the Freedom of Information Act ...

Four Southern states rank in the top five nationally for their dependence on federal dollars, according to a new report. And a very northern state, Alaska, is the most “federally dependent ...

Thousands of federal workers have been fired by the Trump administration and DOGE. Now, some states are hoping to lure those workers into state governments. They include New York, Pennsylvania ...

In 2024, there were 236 recipients from 30 federal agencies. The awards also were canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and in 2013 for budgetary reasons. Recently, Trump has sought to ...

The wave of federal government layoffs in 2025 impacts tens of thousands of public sector workers. The cuts, part of President Donald Trump's broader effort to reduce government spending ...

Governor Maura Healey has unveiled a new website to recruit the federal employees laid off in the wake of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. Healey’s administration announced the ...

Federal agencies are scrambling to cobble together plans that meet President Trump’s demands to slash their workforces, though career staff involved in the process are taking steps to mitigate ...