President Trump on Wednesday said he’s considering using 20% of the savings from Elon Musk’s cost-cutting task force, the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to provide direct payments to taxpayers. But economists and policy experts across the political spectrum expressed skepticism about the feasibility of such a “DOGE dividend.” “We’re thinking about giving 20%
A woman who was expecting to hear hundreds of immigration cases a year – but was fired by President Trump the week before she was supposed to start – said she expects the immigration “caseload will balloon.” In Boston and other cities, immigration cases stacked up as migrant crossings along the U.S. southern border surged.
Former Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell said he won’t run for reelection in 2026, and is expected to announce his impending departure from the Senate on Thursday, his 83rd birthday. He told the Associated Press he plans to make the announcement on the Senate floor. McConnell has been a U.S. senator from Kentucky since 1985,
Mexico will never tolerate an invasion of its national sovereignty by the United States, President Claudia Sheinbaum warned Thursday after Washington designated Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations. “This cannot be an opportunity for the U.S. to invade our sovereignty,” she said. “With Mexico it is collaboration and coordination, never subordination or interventionism, and even less
Washington — Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska on Wednesday urged her colleagues in Congress to reassert their constitutional authority and stand up to President Trump if he withholds funding approved by lawmakers through his mass firings of federal workers or severe cuts to federal agencies. “If the president, for instance, should should seek to withhold
Washington — The Senate is set to vote Thursday on Kash Patel’s nomination to serve as director of the FBI, with Republicans poised to confirm a key ally of President Trump amid warnings from Democrats that he could use the bureau to target the president’s perceived political enemies. FBI directors are appointed to 10-year terms
As President Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency push to slash spending, Republican allies have pointed to a White House program from 30 years ago as akin to DOGE’s efforts. Over 30 years ago, Vice President Al Gore was tasked by Democratic President Bill Clinton to cut waste, red tape and streamline the