Government workforce has shrunk to smallest number of employees since 2013, with Black workers disproportionately impacted by job cuts, according to a new analysis

President repeats defense of reviled campaign promo featuring Democrat Amy Acton’s estranged mother calling her a ‘liar’

Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, the Pentagon’s top military planner, becomes the latest to leave post at a perilous moment in which President Donald Trump is openly musing on the resumption of airstrikes against Iran. Joe Sommerlad reports

Donald Trump has canceled rallies in Kansas and Iowa ahead of Tuesday’s midterms