DOGE team’s “wall of receipts” shows errors in tallying billions in savings

After repeated delays, the Department of Government Efficiency on Monday released a “wall of receipts” — what it characterized as documentation of the money saved by the slashing cuts to jobs and contracts pushed by Elon Musk’s team at DOGE over the past several weeks.  The initial accounting was overstated by billions of dollars, a

Trump’s pro-union pick for labor secretary faces confirmation hearing

Washington — Former GOP Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President Trump’s nominee to run the Labor Department, appeared before a Senate committee for her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, where she has faced questions about her support for a pro-union bill when she was in Congress and other labor issues. Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who sits

Trump endorses House budget amid competing proposals in Congress

Speaker Johnson on timeline for budget Speaker Johnson on timeline for budget plan as Senate Republicans move on own proposal 05:43 Washington — President Trump endorsed House Republicans’ budget proposal that would enact trillions of dollars in spending reductions and tax cuts in a single bill, saying on Wednesday that he prefers that approach over

Watch Live: Trump’s labor secretary pick faces confirmation hearing

Washington — Former GOP Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President Trump’s nominee to run the Labor Department, is expected to face tough questioning from at least one member of her own party as she appears before the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee for her confirmation hearing Wednesday.  Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who sits

U.S. envoy in Ukraine after Trump blames Zelenskyy for Russia’s invasion

President Trump, speaking Tuesday afternoon from his home in Florida, appeared to shift three years — if not many decades — of U.S. foreign policy almost 180 degrees, issuing remarks that made his administration sound aligned more with Russian President Vladimir Putin than America’s European allies of the last eight decades. In rhetoric similar to

Lawyers helping migrant children facing deportation ordered to halt work

Federal funding cuts are impacting migrant children in Chicago Federal funding cuts are impacting migrant children in Chicago 02:32 Legal services groups that offer representation and guidance to thousands of migrant children facing deportation said on Tuesday that they were abruptly directed by the Trump administration to halt their government-funded work. Affected organizations across the