Congress

House GOP clears measure to claw back billions from foreign assistance and public media programs

The Senate will take up this initial effort to codify some Department of Government Efficiency cuts after it finishes work on the budget reconciliation package.

Lawmakers rip into defense secretary over flat Pentagon budget

The Pentagon is counting on one-time funds from a reconciliation bill to fund investments in shipbuilding and missile defense.

Small Business Administration would have to relocate field offices from ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ under House-passed bill

The agency previously said it would move six of its regional offices from cities that have laws limiting their cooperation with federal immigration agents.

Education Department is stonewalling inspector general investigation into staff cuts, Democrats allege

The department’s inspector general informed congressional leaders that officials weren’t turning over requested information and are putting conditions on interviews with staff.

Oversight Dems: Commerce reneged on probationers’ health benefits

Some recently fired probationary workers have also been unable to access their personnel records to show to insurance companies and prospective employers.

DOGE reorganization of nuclear regulator prompts concerns about the agency’s continued focus on safety

President Donald Trump wants the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to lay off workers, while the agency has fallen short of its recruitment goals in recent years and struggled to replenish its aging workforce.

Democratic bills would rehire axed National Parks and Forest Service employees

Both agencies have already undergone workforce reductions with more layoffs still planned.

House passes reconciliation bill that cuts federal employee retirement benefits

Though Democrats were able to excise a plan to base federal retirees’ annuity payments on their highest five years of salary, rather than the current high-3, proposals to eliminate the FERS supplement and to charge employees for their civil service protections remain on the table.

Pentagon accepts Qatari jet to use as Air Force One

The Air Force is preparing to award a contract to modify the luxury jet.

Gerry Connolly remembered for his passion and bipartisanship

The long-time representative from Northern Virginia has died at 75 following a battle with cancer. He is being remembered for his advocacy of federal workers and the contractor community as well as championing initiatives to improve how the government buys goods and services.

Government oversight employees detail fears of retaliation under Trump administration in new Senate report

President Donald Trump has, so far, fired 19 inspectors general, who are independent watchdogs that investigate waste, fraud and abuse in federal agencies.

Staffing cuts will improve government services, agency leaders say

Trump administration officials defend their ongoing workforce reductions to lawmakers amid some bipartisan concerns.

Hegseth to Air Force: Figure out how to modify Qatari jet

Converting the luxury plane into Air Force One could cost more than $1 billion, one senator said.

Retirement cuts tweaked in House reconciliation package

The latest draft of the GOP’s plan to cut federal spending to pay for tax cuts and increased immigration enforcement no longer un-grandfathers federal workers hired before 2014 from increased retirement contribution rules passed in the 2010s and delays implementation of the FERS supplement.

House GOP’s law enforcement ‘exemption’ from retirement cuts is illusory, groups say

A pair of organizations representing federal law enforcement officers urged lawmakers to strengthen carveouts of an array of proposed cuts to federal workers’ retirement benefits but stopped short of calling for their withdrawal.

End of pandemic inspector general's office could hurt ongoing efforts to enforce accountability

A former senior official for the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery said there were about 40 unfinished cases when the office’s authority lapsed, some of which were referred to other agencies and others closed.