An advisory says that foreign agencies are posing as consulting firms, think tanks and other organizations to connect with former government employees.

A federal judge in California had ordered the Trump administration to rehire government employees fired as part of its efforts to slash the federal work force.

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Federal workers can become the standard bearers of the Democratic opposition.

Federal workers can become the standard bearers of the Democratic opposition.

His belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.

Responses to the mass firings in the federal government. Also: Cory Booker’s speech; talk of a third Trump term; Republicans and Ukraine; a letter to Canada.

Here’s what I learned about Trump’s second term by reading his first 100 executive orders.

The lawsuit by the director and journalists is the latest legal challenge to the administration’s bid to dismantle the government-funded broadcaster.