The U.S. shrugged when Thomas Jefferson blocked funding for a program he hated. Richard Nixon did the same with programs he ...

It took more than eight years for former Clinton administration adviser Elaine Kamarck to cut approximately 426,000 jobs, ...

On both sides of the political aisle, very few U.S. adults think the country is spending too much on Social Security and ...

As expected, Judge McConnell granted a temporary restraining order preventing the administration from freezing spending.

Federal layoffs are starting with huge numbers of probationary workers, and there are warnings of bigger cuts on the way.

The federal government is the nation's largest employer, yet the size of its workforce hasn't kept up with U.S. population growth, experts say.

A Social Security building. The federal budget of the United States government is a mixture of mandatory spending categories and discretionary spending across departments, programs, and branches.

Layoffs cascaded through the federal government on Thursday after its human resources division advised agencies to terminate ...