The Trump administration is expected on Friday to move ahead with a second wave of mass firings and budget cuts across the U.S. federal government after agencies were told to submit large-scale downsizing plans.

Few details were clear about how the sweeping cuts will be carried out, as the Trump administration prepared to work with agencies and DOGE to finalize plans.

Thursday's deadline for federal agencies to submit plans for large-scale layoffs kicks off a new phase in the dramatic restructuring of how the government operates. Here's what that looks like.

Senators told the Trump administration that Dr. Dave Weldon didn’t have the votes to be confirmed, though he had believed his confirmation hearing Thursday would proceed before it was cancelled.

The Trump administration has withdrawn its nominee to be the United States’ official envoy for hostage affairs, the White House said on Friday. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Adam Boehler,

Hours before his scheduled Senate confirmation, the White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dr. Dave Weldon to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Weldon, a Republican and former congressman,