President Trump appears to be inching closer to firing Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair, according to news reports and his own comments. Bloomberg reported that the president is likely to fire ...

The Supreme Court cleared the way for mass Education Department layoffs, bolstering President Donald Trump’s federal ...

In court filings and dismissal letters, the Justice Department’s political leadership claims sweeping authority to fire ...

Over dissents from the liberal justices, the Supreme Court said it would allow the Department of Education to terminate ...

In Humphrey's, the Supreme Court held in 1935 that presidents lack the "illimitable power of removal" and that Congress can create agencies that operate "independently of executive control." ...

The CPD committed to releasing “merit” promotion lists in 2017. Now, the city claims it would be an invasion of privacy.

A Supreme Court ruling last week means planned reductions in force can continue, but unions and other groups will battle the administration at each step.

USCIS data show a growing backlog for immigrant petitions and work permits and a crucial NLRB nominee gets some movement.

"There were policies that were to encourage people to drop their merit-based civil service protections or not advance them," ...

In the early days of the first Trump Administration, Erez Reuveni, a lawyer for the Department of Justice, went to court to ...

The Merit Systems Protection Board reported that, so far this fiscal year, it has received 11,166 appeals, which is twice its typical workload. A backlog could emerge if a quorum is not restored to ...

Although MSPB says it's adjudicating appeals at a "steady pace," the agency still expects high workloads and low staffing to ...