DOGE – led by billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk – is carrying out President Donald Trump’s mission to shrink the federal government. It has laid off thousands of federal workers and says it has canceled billions of dollars in contracts.

The attempt to take over the District of Columbia is of a piece with the attacks on federal workers and the effort to create a personalist dictatorship.

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump to fire the head of a watchdog agency responsible for protecting whistleblowers. The unsigned order by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit pauses a lower court order that reinstated Office of Special Counsel chief Hampton Dellinger.

Nineteen states and the District of Columbia filed a blockbuster lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration, accusing it of illegally firing tens of thousands of federal probationary employees without notice,

The district's chief academic officer, Jeff Klein, who began with the district at the start of the school year, will start his new role July 1.

Nikki Haley wins District of Columbia’s GOP primary, her 1st victory in 2024 race Nikki Haley's victory in D.C. on Sunday at least temporarily halts Donald Trump’s sweep of the GOP voting ...

Though a previous version of comprehensive judgeships legislation fell victim to a political spat, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are hopeful that they can find a path forward to address crushing caseloads at federal courts.