BOSTON — Following the Healey administration’s playbook, the House has now imposed a temporary hiring freeze. Katherine Palmer, the House’s human resources director, announced the measure Wednesday ...

WASHINGTON -The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it has fired 70 foreign contract researchers after a national security ...

Harvard University anticipates a potential $1 billion annual loss due to Trump administration policies, including research funding cuts and increased taxes on its endowment. The university has ...

The Priest River Experimental Forest is one of two research forests in North Idaho. The other is Deception Creek, east of ...

Maryland senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks are urging the Trump administration to restore lifeguard staffing​ ...

When 5 p.m. arrives at the Priest River Experimental Forest, it's time to check the weather. Each day, as afternoon turns into evening, the U.S. Forest Service research staffer based at the ...

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The Wake County Public School System has begun a new hiring freeze for certain positions after being projected to lose more ...

State and local officials are calling out federal forecasters amid deadly flooding in the Texas Hill Country over the ...

In the aftermath of deadly Hill Country flooding, Texas’ junior U.S. Senator is defending the National Weather Service, as ...

By the time the hiring freeze lifts this fall, agencies will have been largely unable to hire new federal employees or fill ...

The hiring freeze doesn’t apply to military members, or civilian positions dealing with immigration enforcement, national security or public safety.