Elon Musk is rapidly consolidating control over large swaths of the federal government, sidelining career officials and ...

The world's richest man, acting as an unelected "efficiency" consultant to President Donald Trump, has in recent days managed ...

Billionaire Elon Musk was the focus of many in Washington this week, as his Department of Government Efficiency slashed at ...

The Bell to Bell, No Cell Act passed 28-1 in the Senate after unanimous approval from committee. Now it moves on to the Arkansas House of Representatives.

And it’s moment-of-truth time for two of President Trump’s most controversial Cabinet picks — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard.

"The billionaire's campaign to radically upend federal agencies is stunning former White House officials, even in a political moment when many things are described as unprecedented." ...

As Elon Musk and his aides take control of the US Treasury's payments system, the drastic job cuts and other shake-ups he ...

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan in Washington extended a temporary restraining order that set aside the ...

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Aside from the markets, which still have trouble processing that Trump means what he says, Democrats stand exposed as complacent. Not being parliamentary, the US lacks an opposition leader to ...

After Trump took Mexico and Canada to the brink of trade wars, both nations have managed to defuse his tariff bombs. (At ...