The federal hiring freeze implemented by President Donald Trump has affected the hiring of a crucial group of federal workers: firefighters. The freeze comes at a critical time, when fire ...

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on Friday called on several U.S. agencies to exempt seasonal wildland firefighters from the ongoing federal hiring freeze, as concerns about federal readiness for ...

U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan previously halted the freeze. She continued to do so Monday while calling out the administration's actions during the litigation. By Jordan Rubin U.S. District ...

It has been hit the hardest by the freeze. Mr. Trump has accused the agency of rampant corruption and fraud, without providing evidence. The billionaire Elon Musk, who has been given the task of ...

Aid freeze affects programs across globe, causing confusion and fear USAID turmoil worsens aid distribution issues, staff fired or barred from communication Essential services halted, risking ...

President Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz defended the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funding freeze and tech billionaire Elon Musk’s influence over the federal ...

He furloughed about 90 staff because of the freeze. And even though some funds started coming through again on Wednesday, he’s still working on a plan to bring them back. Jana Davis is ...

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday aimed at freezing assistance to South Africa over a controversial law that allows the government to seize farmland from ethnic minorities ...

The White House said its January 27 proposal to freeze federal loans and grants would not affect programs for farmers, opens new tab. The administration rescinded its proposal and it has been ...

The financial problems, the centers say, appear to stem from last week’s temporary domestic funding grant freeze and the implementation of new executive orders. “We will do everything we can ...

Hundreds of millions of dollars allocated to Massachusetts’ clean energy and environmental programs remains inaccessible due to the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze, Senator Ed ...

The aid freeze raised alarm among health experts and advocacy groups, who warned it could reverse decades of progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Jean Kaseya, director-general of the Africa ...