Agriculture Department Moves to Rehire Some Bird Flu Response Workers It’s the latest instance of the Trump administration having to reverse course after making sweeping cuts.

Senate Confirms Patel as Next F.B.I. Director The vote puts Kash Patel in charge of the country’s premier law enforcement agency.

Trump Urged to Halt Firings at the F.A.A. After a string of deadly plane crashes, lawmakers and union members are urging the president to protect the transportation department from further personnel cuts.

Send Us Your Views on Airplane Safety and the D.C. Reagon Airport Crash We want to hear your perspective on the circumstances that led to the Jan. 29 midair collision near Reagan National Airport, and on air safety and regulation in general. What works and what does not?

What Is Elon Musk’s Job? Even as the billionaire tech executive Elon Musk is seemingly everywhere in Washington, his role remains murky.

Trump Says Federal Government Should ‘Take Over’ Washington D.C President Trump said the federal government should control the nation’s capital. Democrats and most local residents have long argued that Washington, D.C., should be a state.

Clean Energy Was Lifting Manufacturing. Now Investment Is in Jeopardy. With the Trump administration reversing support for low-carbon power, the business case for making wind, solar and electric vehicle parts gets weaker.

Trump Signs Executive Order Ending Federal Funds for Undocumented Migrants President Trump’s executive order also directed federal departments and agencies to ensure that federal funds do not encourage people to come to the United States illegally.

Congestion Pricing’s Biggest Booster Prepares to Take On the White House Janno Lieber, head of the M.T.A., has helped steered the tolling program through lawsuits and a last-minute pause. He now will face off with President Trump.

Trump Says DOGE Savings Could Be Returned to Taxpayers The president said a plan to return money culled from budget cuts and work force reductions to taxpayers was “under consideration,” but he offered no details about how or if it could be done.

New Poll Shows Americans’ Approval for Congress Has Soared, but Probably Not for Long A major public poll indicates that Americans’ approval for Congress has soared, powered by a surge in positive assessments by Republicans. History shows such booms are common and rarely last.

How Republican Senators Have Shifted Tone on Russia and Ukraine Some of the most vocal critics of Vladimir V. Putin and proponents of the United States’ role as a global defender of democracy have acquiesced to Mr. Trump on Russia.

Trump Flips the Script on the Ukraine War, Blaming Zelensky Not Putin As he seeks to negotiate a peace deal with Moscow, President Trump has cast Ukraine as the instigator of the conflict, not the Russians who invaded it.

U.S. Attorney Casts Office as ‘Guardians of Federal Workers’ In an unusual email, the U.S. attorney in Washington, Ed Martin, spoke openly about a sensitive investigation into a threat against Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary.

Trump Says Medicaid Won’t Be ‘Touched.’ House Republicans Want It Cut by Hundreds of Billions. The president’s record shows a consistent openness to Medicaid cuts, which would seem required for his big goal of extending tax cuts.

Oz, Trump’s Medicare Nominee, Pledges to Divest Interests in Health Care Stocks The celebrity doctor said he would divest from his interests in many drug, medical and insurance companies, worth millions of dollars.

Trump Rebuffs Senate G.O.P. and Backs House Budget Plan Mr. Trump’s call for “one big beautiful bill” came just hours after he gave conflicting directions to congressional Republicans on cuts to social safety net programs.

I.R.S. to Begin Laying Off Roughly 6,000 Employees on Thursday The terminations will target relatively recent hires at the I.R.S., which the Biden administration had attempted to revitalize.

Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Draw Up Plans for Cuts The defense secretary has told senior leaders to prepare to trim 8 percent from the budget over each of the next five years, officials said.

Bessent to Skip G20 Finance Ministers Meeting in South Africa The Treasury secretary is the second top U.S. official not to attend the Group of 20 gatherings because of rising tension with South Africa over its land policies.