History may provide some answers. In his 2004 book, The Anatomy of Fascism, Robert Paxton, a political scientist and history ...

The first modern Golden Age of federal public works investment involved building the Interstate Highway System starting in 1956, declared finished in 1992. What many consider the second was developed ...

The USAID inspector general did his job and did it well. For his trouble, the White House fired him. The move was quickly labeled the “ midnight massacre .” Late on a Friday night, in the first week ...

Elon Musk answered questions on Tuesday in the Oval Office next to President Donald Trump about his dramatic makeover of the federal government, saying they have identified billions of dollars in ...

White House fires USAID inspector general after warning about monitoring humanitarian funds. Learn more about the dismissal.

CNN and MSNBC used the phrase “constitutional crisis” more than 200 times since Feb. 3, when Department of Government ...

In his attempts to reshape the federal workforce, Donald Trump is drawing on the American tradition of treating workers’ ...

Funding for three of the four projects highlighted came from the State Department for cultural activities on behalf of ...

President Donald Trump will need the Supreme Court, with three justices he appointed, to enable the most aggressive of the ...

Pope Francis' point-man on migration and development has urged the Trump administration to remember Christian principles ...

The agency was created to protect consumers after the 2008 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal.

The New York Times is tracking the actions of President Donald Trump and his administration during the first days in office.