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The Shutdown Fight That Could Play Right Into Trump’s Hands
With President Donald Trump and Elon Musk taking a sledgehammer to the federal bureaucracy with their “Department of ...
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Courts and Congress struggle to keep up with Trump as he reshapes American government
Courts and Congress are struggling to keep up with the breakneck pace as the Trump administration dramatically reshapes the American government, national politics and international order. The ...
Inside the GOP’s careful pushback to Musk’s DOGE effort
Congressional Republicans are publicly projecting that they’re in lockstep with the way President Donald Trump and Elon Musk ...
What Trump is doing to the US government is not a spoils system
We will not know the extent or the success of President Donald Trump’s purge of the federal bureaucracy for some time. There ...
Republicans block Musk from congressional subpoena as DOGE continues to access government data
Congressional Democrats are continuing their push for answers as Elon Musk continues to dismantle and disrupt government ...
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The US Government Is Not a Startup
This is an edition of the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter. Read previous editions here. It is, though. And while this takeover is unprecedented for the government, it’s standard operating ...
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Can the Rule of Law Save the IRA?
On February 10th, Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. ordered the administration to immediately unfreeze IRA funds. It’s unclear ...
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Who is part of Elon Musk's DOGE and what are they doing?
The scope of DOGE's work and the identities of the people carrying it out isn't fully clear — leaving agencies and government ...
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‘Second American Revolution’: The team behind DOGE’s government overhaul
These are among the operatives linked to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE ... goal of sniffing out activity and employees connected to diversity, equity and inclusion ...
Marbury v. Madison, the case that established the courts’ power to review the law, explained
When it comes to respecting the rulings of courts, President Donald Trump has been of two minds. If the decision goes his way ...
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US withdrawal from UNHRC, a boon to political repression and ultra-nationalism
The US’ reported withdrawal from the UNHRC and some other vital UN agencies could be seen as a fillip to anti-democratic and ...