Former Republican consultant Stuart Stevens — who has written a pair of books on how his former party has become the cult of ...

Congress is proving little match for the Department of Government Efficiency as wary lawmakers watch it march through the ...

You might remember Tim Walz. Ran for vice president. Round-faced, non-threatening, affable — the embodiment of “Minnesota ...

Only former Representative Matt Gaetz, who faced accusations of illicit drug use and paid sex with a minor — allegations that ...

Imagine if Joe Biden’s biggest campaign donor had shut down an agency near and dear to the GOP in the early days of his ...

Senate Republicans defended the Trump administration’s sweeping revamp of the U.S. Agency for International Development led ...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said at least some of her colleagues on the other side of the aisle aren’t fans of Elon Musk.

Republican lawmakers have raised few objections about the push to ax USAID, alarming Democrats who say the GOP is ceding ...

Elon Musk has been named as a "special government employee" while overseeing DOGE, according to the White House.

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Billionaire Elon Musk was the focus of many in Washington this week, as his Department of Government Efficiency slashed at ...

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