DOJ didn't identify the fired employees, and it's not yet clear whether they'll challenge their terminations under civil service protection rules.

The start of President Donald Trump's second term has been marked by a flurry of executive orders and challenges to his policies in courts. A federal judge ordered a temporary halt on a White House plan to pause funding for all federal grants and loans.

Students and parents panicked after news of the order, but the Education Department said the guidance would not stop the flow of money to students and schools.

A federal judge on Tuesday afternoon temporarily blocked part of the Trump administration’s plans to freeze all federal aid, a policy that unleashed confusion and worry from charities and educators even as the White House said it was not as sweeping an order as it appeared.

The Trump administration’s budget freeze on federal grants and loans will affect more than 2,600 accounts across the government. Beginning at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, tens of billions of dollars directed to the likes of the Pentagon,

The Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget rescinded its memo to freeze federal aid spending, just one day after issuing it. The freeze, announced Tuesday, halted nearly all federal grants, loans, and other financial assistance to beneficiaries.

Vought, a co-author of Project 2025 who served as budget director in Donald Trump's first term, has signaled he will take a more aggressive approach to helping the president-elect carry out his agenda of shrinking the federal government.

Executive orders will have dramatic impact on federal agencies, contractors, and grantees, and sow uncertainty about voluntary DEI

On his first two days in office, President Trump issued a handful of executive orders aimed at eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion

Trump’s early, extraordinary steps pose a direct challenge to a fundamental underpinning of the Constitution: the power of the purse.

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President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.