After nearly two dozen states filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze, Oregon and Washington attorneys general are praising a judge’s decision to ...

A federal district judge issued a temporary restraining order on Friday, blocking the Trump administration from moving ...

President Donald Trump signed more executive orders on Friday, continuing a burst of activity during his first two weeks in office. Later in the day, he plans to return to his Mar-a-Lago estate in ...

A top Treasury career staffer, David A. Lebryk, announced his retirement. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.

Despite threats that immigration enforcement agents might show up, more than 500 immigrant rights advocates from across Washington marched to the state Capitol in Olympia on Thursday.

President Donald Trump has nominated Kennedy to be the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which ...

The Jan. 28 executive order directs federal regulators to cut insurance coverage for hormonal or surgical treatments that ...

RFK Jr.'s second Senate confirmation hearing focused on vaccines, Medicare, diversity, and science. Key Republicans were reticent to show support.

Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health care coverage to low-income individuals and families. It services over 79 million Americans.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, the top Republican on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, concluded Thursday's hearing by saying he was "struggling" with the nomination due to Kennedy's ...

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

Mr. Kennedy appears to have most Republicans behind him as he seeks the job of health secretary, though he couldn’t escape ...