Democrats elect Ken Martin, the party leader in Minnesota, as their national chair
The previous chair didn't seek another term after the 2024 election, when Trump became the first Republican to win the ...
Elon Musk's DOGE commission gains access to sensitive Treasury payment systems: AP sources
The Department of Government Efficiency, run by President Donald Trump's billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has gained access to sensitive Treasury data including Social Security and ...
Lawmaker Demands Answers To Reports Musk Seeking Treasury Payment Access
Democrat Ranking Senate Finance Committee member Ron Wyden raised the alarm after a career staffer resigned from the Treasury ...
Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump hits Canada, Mexico with steep tariffs
President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.
Trump signs order with retaliation clause imposing aggressive tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China: Live
Further tariffs being considered for European Union and for energy, metals, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductor sectors ...
End Appears Near for U.S. Aid Agency, Democratic Lawmakers Say
“All the signals of how the senior staff have been put on administrative leave, many of the field staff and headquarters staff have been put on a gag order,” Senator Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware, ...
Who Will Stand Up to Trump’s Broligarchs?
As Elon Musk and his billionaire brethren take power in Trump’s second term, the lack of legal guardrails — and the fading ...
USAID website goes offline in Trump administration’s 2-week-old freeze on foreign aid worldwide
USAID’s website has dropped offline without explanation in the Trump administration's two-week-old funding freeze of U.S.
Elon Musk’s DOGE Getting Access to Payment System that Doles Out Trillions to Americans
The Treasury Department has agreed to give Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to a payment system that ...
Musk aides gain access to sensitive Treasury Department payment system
The access, granted by Scott Bessent, Trump’s newly confirmed treasury secretary, comes after the ousting of the agency’s top career official.
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a ...
Treasury official quits after resisting Musk’s requests on payments
The Trump administration pushed out a top Treasury Department official this week after he refused to give Elon Musk’s ...