Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

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The Smithsonian Institution is closing its Office of Diversity, freezing federal hiring and ordering employees back to ...

Heads of federal agencies turned Trump’s executive orders into mandates to cut communication with outside parties, halt most ...

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It was all part of a plan to begin with a bang and follow a detailed policy blueprint, although key administrative posts ...