Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months. More than 4,000 staff vacancies. A $3 billion repair backlog. And now, a stunning directive from President Donald Trump for the crisis-plagued federal ...

The Trump administration is halting some hiring at the federal Bureau of Prisons, the crisis-plagued agency where chronic understaffing has led to long overtime shifts and the use of prison nurses, ...

As federal agencies brace for the Trump administration's next round of slashing the U.S. government, recent staff departures are already raising concerns about whether the Census Bureau can continue ...

FBI Director Kash Patel expressed concern Wednesday with the White House’s proposed budget cuts for the bureau, arguing that the FBI “can’t do the mission” if $545 million is slashed from its coffers.

The Trump administration has put in place a new acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau, NPR has learned. George Cook, an official at the Commerce Department, was named the bureau's leader as of ...