Recapping some of the most talked-about news this week from the nation and around the world – in case you missed it.

President Donald Trump has cast successes at the US Supreme Court as broad endorsements of his authority to fire agency heads, shrink the government workforce and halt billions of dollars in federal ...

As more agency layoffs appear imminent, an appeals court has intervened in allowing more details on the plans to be released.

This month, two Supreme Court decisions allowed the Trump administration to move forward with significant federal layoffs, ...

The Supreme Court decided last week that massive layoffs at the Department of Education can go forward. Erica Meltzer, a national editor at Chalkbeat, joins us to discuss what the layoffs could mean ...

The U.S. student debt crisis, exceeding $1.74 trillion, faces a new challenge as the Trump administration's layoffs in the ...

Trump signed his order on January 20, his first day back in office. It directed federal agencies to refuse to recognize the ...

Trump’s firing of 1,300 DOE workers is bad news for all student loan recipients and K-12 students alike. Truthout’s ...

The Supreme Court’s decision to let President Donald Trump move forward with plans to dismantle the U.S. Department of ...

Trump is pursuing a leaner but more muscular executive branch, one that blends small government conservatism with his desire ...

The Trump administration has claimed that it is still addressing civil rights concerns brought to the Education Department, ...