Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed President Trump’s order remains “in full force and effect, and will be rigorously implemented” as the administration works to root out waste, fraud, and

The billionaire and his Silicon Valley associates landed in the capital and immediately moved to cut the size of the federal government, reprising the playbook he used after buying Twitter in 2022.

Feeling burned by the holdover of Obama administration appointees during his first go-around, Trump swiftly exiled Biden holdovers and moved to test new hires for their fealty to his agenda.

The Trump administration reversed its policy to freeze grants and loans while officials evaluated whether spending met the president's priorities.

President Trump’s decision to clean house at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and initially freeze all foreign assistance is fueling chaos and uncertainty in Washington and

Public health experts say U.S. withdrawal from the W.H.O. would undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic.

Questions abound over how Trump will deal with China and Russia, as well as India and emerging powers in the global South. U.S. foreign policy is headed into a period of uncertainty, even if Trump’s first term provides a stark reference point for how he might manage the United States’ role in the world in the coming years.

An American Airlines plane collided with an army helicopter while approaching the Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC. US President Trump said the situation "should have been prevented." Follow DW for the latest.

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, just days after President Donald Trump called on the central bank to lower them. The announcement put the central bank on a potential collision course with Trump, though a longstanding norm of independence typically insulates the Fed from direct political interference.

We’re tracking the executive orders Trump signed on his first day in office, just hours after being inaugurated as president.

People flood the capitol to attend the inauguration of Donald J. Trump on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United

One of President Trump’s first executive orders removes the U.S. from the global health organization, which experts say is “cataclysmic.”