Two lists identifying lease terminations and possible sales of federal agencies’ offices and buildings throughout the United States, including Washington state, have been circulating recently as the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency advance government spending cuts.

The crackdown on routine expenses is part of a campaign by the president and Elon Musk to reset the scope and mission of America’s sprawling bureaucracy.

As earnings season begins, filings to the SEC point to uncertainty from the current administration as potential trouble for business.

Over the next week, several judges have ordered top Trump administration officials to testify about efforts to reduce the size of the federal government.

A judge signaled during a hearing that DOGE could be subject to public records laws after a watchdog organization sued in a transparency lawsuit.

Good morning. The government runs out of funding in one week. Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday at 2 AM. Yet more wind and a high around 53 today. A low around 40 overnight. The Capitals host Detroit this evening and Seattle on Sunday.

More than 80% of the federal workforce lives outside of the Washington area, and they have been hard hit by layoffs.

DOGE is sifting through Social Security payments in an anti-fraud effort that has some worried the administration could deny payments to vulnerable older Americans.

A federal judge in Washington refused Friday to block employees of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury systems containing sensitive personal data for millions of Americans.

For decades, conservatives in Congress have talked about the need to cut government deeply, but they have always pulled back from mandating specific reductions, fearful of voter backlash. Now, President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to make major cuts in government through the so-called Department of Government Efficiency,