C.I.A. Fires Top Doctor Targeted by Far-Right Activist

The director of the agency’s Center for Global Health Services was dismissed a month short of qualifying for full federal retirement benefits, according to a lawsuit.

Lawsuit Against Humanities Endowment Offers Details on DOGE

Three scholarly groups are challenging the recent cancellation of most grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Trump Seeks to Eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts

The president’s budget proposal also called for getting rid of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences.

Trump Budget Cuts Funding for Chronic Disease Prevention

Kennedy has warned of an epidemic of chronic disease, but the budget blueprint would close the C.D.C. center focused on prevention.

Pam Bondi Rolls Back Leak Inquiry Constraint Stemming From Fox News Case

The Justice Department’s new rules for leak inquiries make it easier for investigators to bypass a legal restriction on search warrants to seize news gathering records.

Trump’s Budget Proposal Falls Flat With Some Key Republicans in Congress

Senators expressed concern with a military budget they said was far too scant, and one objected to the plan’s gutting of vital programs, including one that offers home heating assistance for the poor.