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The Trump administration’s purge of dozens of senior officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development encountered resistance Thursday when the career employee who carried out the original ...
A career official tried to undo Trump’s purge at USAID. He was then purged, too.
A dramatic purge and counter-purge at USAID played out in emails obtained by The Washington Post, as Trump’s pause on foreign ...
White House eyes fight to expand Trump’s power to control spending
Trump’s early, extraordinary steps pose a direct challenge to a fundamental underpinning of the Constitution: the power of ...
White House regroups as funding freeze chaos recalls first term’s travel ban
Democrats declared victory for blunting Trump’s momentum while the White House insisted it isn’t backing down.
A new era of government censorship has dawned
Amid all the noise, an eerie hush is spreading across America. Companies, scientific researchers and Trump critics are ...
Kash Patel breaks with Trump on Jan. 6 clemency, defends record in Senate hearing
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, faces what could be a contentious confirmation hearing before the ...
Hearing Highlights: Kash Patel Joins Republicans in Attacking the F.B.I. He Seeks to Lead
President Trump’s nominee also distanced himself from his past partisan comments, and denied that he would carry out a campaign of retribution if he is confirmed.
Peter Spiegel Joins The Washington Post as Managing Editor
Spiegel joins The Post from The Financial Times (FT), where he most recently served as U.S. managing editor, overseeing its ...