Widespread confusion and fear rippled through the federal workforce Thursday as federal agencies faced a key deadline in President Donald Trump’s push to drastically downsize the government.

Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at reforming and overhauling the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He had suggested abolishing the agency, partly ...

WASHINGTON—Millions of federal employees are heading into their workweek caught between differing factions of the Trump administration, with Elon Musk giving them a Monday night deadline to ...