Musk predicts DOGE will reach $1 trillion in cuts “over time”

Washington — President Trump praised Elon Musk for his work through the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency as the billionaire’s tenure as a “special government employee” comes to an end, saying his work “has been without comparison in modern history.” “He’s one of the greatest business leaders and innovators the world has ever produced,”

Capitol Police Chief Manger concerned about rising threats against lawmakers

As U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger retires from his post at the Capitol Friday, he says the threats facing members of Congress have accelerated  — they’ve more than quadrupled over the past several years and remain alarmingly high. Manger, who took charge of the department in the difficult months after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol

CPAC comes to Europe, highlighting alliance of Trump and global right

MAGA influencers and far-right leaders gathered in Poland and Hungary this week as the Conservative Political Action Conference, known as CPAC, held two international events — a show of strength in the increasing trans-Atlantic alliance between the Trump White House and Europe’s populist conservative movement.  On Thursday in Budapest, Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán was the

Supreme Court lets Trump end program protecting Haitians, Venezuelans, others

Washington — The Supreme Court said Friday it will allow the Trump administration to terminate a program that allowed more than 500,000 Cubans, Nicaraguans, Haitians and Venezuelans to temporarily live and work in the United States while a legal battle over the effort to end the legal protections proceeds. The high court agreed to grant