The strategy worked. In choosing Bessent over Lutnick, Trump sent a signal that there is a limit to Musk’s influence; that ...

President-elect Donald Trump and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a peculiar exchange after the progressive ...

Donald Trump and JD Vance appear to have guaranteed a bitter showdown with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill after ...

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In a show of power, the head of the “Department of Government Efficiency” pushed House Speaker Mike Johnson to scrap a compromise spending bill.

Senator Rand Paul has suggested that Elon Musk could replace Mike Johnson as House Speaker following a backlash over a bipartisan government funding bill. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the ...

President-elect Donald J. Trump denounced a bipartisan spending deal that would fund the government until mid-March, telling ...

Elon Musk has, once again, teased users of X with news of an Xmail service to rival Gmail—and that’s bad news from the email ...

President-elect Donald Trump has abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown.

Two representatives from the nonprofit Social Security Works organization -- one with a microphone, another with a camera -- approached Congress members this week as the lawmakers entered the first m ...