A legally contested executive order on foreign aid did, at least initially, halt the distribution of life-saving HIV drugs.

It came hours after he announced he was immediately appointing Christopher Rocheleau, a 22-year veteran of the agency, in the ...

One of the Trump administration's executive orders mandates maximum energy and resource development on Alaska's public lands.

The Beltway swamp hates it, but President Donald Trump is bound and determined to shrink the federal budget and its massive deficit, and to shrink the 2 million-plus federal workforce.

The instructions were published Tuesday in a Defense Intelligence Agency memo and affect 11 annual events, including Black ...

The disbanding of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities came amid a flurry of executive orders touching on art, culture and history.

President Trump signed an executive order calling for a federal “funding freeze,” and Matthew J. Vaeth, the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) subsequently issued a memo ...

President Donald Trump’s executive order to freeze federal funding is still causing concern and confusion.The confusion comes from the president’s executive order this week and a memo sent out by the ...

Among the problems with the latest White House executive order on public schools: It brings back the "1776 Commission," which ...

To the delight of many people of faith, Trump has championed religious freedom and free speech beyond what they could have ...

The White House has no authority over curriculum, and no ability to unilaterally pull back federal dollars, but Trump is ...

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.