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As the Department of Government Efficiency upends decades of tradition in Washington, more scrutiny is being cast on the structure and authority of the initiative.

The lawsuit, brought by a group of religious organizations and refugees, came in response to President Donald Trump’s order suspending the refugee program. The president’s authority “is not limitless,” a federal judge said in his ruling.

Sunday’s election gave a boost to parties seeking to end a long recession by unleashing the economy for digitization and other reforms.

In German elections Sunday, voters boosted parties on the partisan poles. Patience with faltering attempts to govern from the center is wearing thin.

Progress roundup: Studies show that Americans are safer partly because of better driving. And Britons are healthier when they pursue arts and culture.

This Black History Month, our commentator interviews a civil rights leader about his past with the sit-in movement and what lessons can be learned for today.

Each year, the U.S. government may be losing $233 billion or more to fraud. One way to address the problem: better up-front tracking of payments.

The unsigned order keeping on job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers is the court’s first word on President Donald Trump’s agenda.

In an email, Elon Musk told hundreds of thousands of federal workers they have until just before Tuesday to explain what they accomplished over the last week. Some departments told employees not to respond.

President Donald Trump fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday. The move sidelines only the second Black general to serve as chairman.

A White House rebuff to The Associated Press – over the name “Gulf of America” – comes on top of Trump lawsuits against major TV news networks. Some see rising pressure for news media conformity.

Once a leader in tackling bribery and other corruption worldwide, the U.S. may be ceding that role to Europe.

Amid recent Russian battlefield gains and a radical shift in U.S. diplomacy, residents of Ukrainian towns occupied three years ago now fight fears and struggle to remain defiant.

In Zimbabwe, therapy-trained grandmothers, sitting on public benches, offer personal comfort to those in need. The idea has spread to Washington.

President Trump credits Elon Musk with leading efforts to disrupt, shrink, and overhaul the federal bureacuracy. Mr. Musk has major business interests intertwined with the very government he is remaking.

Major legacy media companies are being removed from their workspaces as Pete Hegseth and the Trump administration bring more conservative reporters into the Pentagon press corps.

Benjamin Netanyahu is in a bind over Gaza. His hard-right allies want to resume the war. An emotional Israeli public wants more hostages released. The Trump administration wants the ceasefire with Hamas to proceed.

Proposing talks with Vladimir Putin to end his war in Ukraine, Donald Trump has freed the Russian president from his diplomatic isolation and confounded U.S. allies.

Germany democracy was built to repel the populism now sweeping the West. That makes its elections Sunday a test of whether this bulwark can hold.

The 10 best books of February range from humorous novels by Anne Tyler and Tom Lamont to historical novels set in 1950s Leningrad and 1920s Harlem.

Drug cartels in Mexico sow terror, but their goals are economic, not political. Labeling them “terrorists” could change U.S.-Mexican relations.

A newly liberated Syria brings back activists who long relied on nonviolent tactics in hopes of building a democracy.

It can be bleak when the sun barely grazes the horizon. But I ignite my inner glow and make my own pleasures.