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The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA, the nation’s most powerful intelligence service. Ratcliffe was approved in a 74-25 vote after sailing through the Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday with a 14-3 vote…

The Defense Department and other federal agencies have 30 days to implement President Trump's order to end telework and remote work, the Office of Personnel Management said on Wednesday.On Trump’s first day in office, he issued a…

The Trump administration has asked the three Democrats serving on an independent oversight panel that probes the intelligence community’s infringements into civil liberties to step down, according to a person familiar with the matter.The…

The Trump administration is planning to lay off all federal employees who worked in a diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility office as of this past Election Day and has instructed agencies to immediately place such workers on paid…

Updated: Jan. 21, 8:27 p.m. ETThe Department of Homeland Security has dismissed the members of its advisory committees—including the Cyber Safety Review Board, which investigates major cybersecurity incidents—as part of a…

On Monday, President Donald Trump rescinded an executive order put in place during the early days of the Biden administration that broadened protections for trans people’s right to serve in the U.S. military. The repeal does not put…

Homeland Security officials with the new Trump administration have fired Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan, who in 2022 became the first woman to lead a U.S. military branch. The termination was first reported by Fox News on…

The U.S. military must produce a plan to “seal the borders” under an executive order signed Monday by the new president. But experts suggest that the order may set up a legal challenge that turns on the word “invasion.”“Unchecked unlawful…

Within minutes of becoming commander-in-chief for the second time, President Donald Trump vowed to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, reinstate service members dismissed for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, and reclaim the Panama…

Donald Trump has named the acting heads of national-security agencies—all career federal executives—to serve until Senate-confirmed nominees are in place, according to a White House press release issued soon after the inauguration on…