Government Executive

The 5 biggest stories federal agencies and employees need to watch in 2026

Next year will start to bring answers to some of the biggest questions as the administration looks to follow through on ...

White House blames rising unemployment on federal workers, touts November jobs report gains

President Donald Trump‘s administration touted the economy‘s addition of 64,000 jobs in November and blamed the uptick in unemployment on federal workers. The unemployment rate rose to 4.6%, according ...

More than 317,000 federal employees left the government in 2025

Numbers from the Office of Personnel Management give a glimpse into how much the federal government has already changed its ...
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Trump finalizes 1% federal pay raise for 2026

President Donald Trump’s executive order marks the final step of the process to make the 2026 federal pay raise official for most civilian employees.

Under Trump, 317,000 workers are out of the government. Here are 3 of their stories

Mass firings, buyouts and heightened uncertainty led to an exodus of federal workers in 2025. More than 300,000 employees ...

‘Profound costs’: How Trump upended the federal government in his first year back in Washington

As President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House winds down, he has already transformed and upended the federal government.

Trump Upended the Federal Government. The Full Scope of the Impact Is Still Unclear.

President Trump achieved his goal of shrinking the work force. But many current and former officials say the government is ...
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White House denies report Mar-a-Lago spa sent teen workers on house calls to Jeffrey Epstein's lair

Donald Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein may be even worse than previously thought ... according to a new report from The Wall ...

The year Trump broke the federal government

How DOGE and the White House carried out a once-unthinkable transformation of the nation’s sprawling bureaucracy.