Elon Musk took aim at a limestone mine in Pennsylvania, where they said federal employee retirements are processed using an outdated system.
Washington — The Senate is voting Wednesday on Tulsi Gabbard’s confirmation for director of national intelligence, after her nomination survived a crucial committee vote last week and cleared a key procedural hurdle Monday. Gabbard, 43, is a former Democratic congresswoman who represented Hawaii in the House from 2013 to 2021, and sought the party’s nomination for
Hegseth reiterated Trump’s calls for negotiations to end the Russia–Ukraine war and signaled U.S. focus will shift to other security concerns beyond Europe. Meeting with Ukraine’s network of international backers in Belgium on Feb. 12, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that retaking all territory that Ukraine has lost to Russia since 2014 is an
Washington — While the Trump administration has highlighted transfers of dangerous criminals and suspected gang members to Guantanamo Bay, it is also sending nonviolent, “low-risk” migrant detainees who lack serious criminal records or any at all, according to two U.S. officials and internal government documents. When he ordered officials to convert facilities inside the U.S.
Federal employees return to in-person work, while CFPB closes Federal employees return to in-person work, while CFPB closes 02:06 The Trump administration’s Feb. 8 order that employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau halt much of their work amounts to an existential crisis for a government agency that itself was born from crisis. The CFPB
Trump fires at least 15 inspectors general President Trump’s executive actions and inspectors general firings spark debate 02:38 Washington — A group of eight former internal government watchdogs who were fired by President Trump filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging their terminations. The legal challenge, brought in federal district court in Washington, D.C, argues that their
Speaker Johnson on timeline for budget Speaker Johnson on timeline for budget plan as Senate Republicans move on own proposal 05:43 Washington — House Republicans released a budget resolution on Wednesday, laying a foundation for advancing President Trump’s agenda on border security, defense, energy and tax priorities, despite momentum around a competing proposal in the