President Trump has declared that Christmas Eve and Dec. 26 will be federal holidays this year, meaning that federal departments and agencies will be closed. According to an executive order issued ...

Raindrops fall on ornaments on Shirlington's Christmas tree (staff photo by Jay Westcott) Federal workers will get two additional days off this holiday season, thanks to an executive order just issued ...

When President Donald Trump took the oath of office for a second time in January, more than 3 million people worked for the federal government. While the Trump administration has taken many ...

December 24 feels like a holiday to many, with its half-empty offices and the rush of a last-minute shopping crowd. Its status as an official holiday, however, isn't the same as Christmas Day.

To many, December 26 may feel like a holiday. Offices remain mostly empty, families are still in town and employers don't expect much work to get done when it falls on a Friday, like in 2025. Its ...

Federal workers will get more free time around the holidays this year. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday declaring Wednesday, Dec. 24 and Friday, Dec. 26 as holidays. Most ...

Mr. Furman, a contributing Opinion writer, was the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers from 2013 to 2017. Working at the Federal Reserve is a terrible way to make headlines. The ...

When the government reopened last week, offices filled again with returning employees, but many others are still waiting to learn if they have jobs to go back to. For those caught in reductions in ...

After being sidelined for more than a month, they are bracing for the backlog that awaits them and struggling with the financial burden of going without pay. After being sidelined for more than a ...