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There is no cavalry coming. Elected officials, governors, civil servants and people sitting at home are the only ones who can ...

What do we call it when the president is too lazy to gut the government himself, and gives away his power to a zealous and ...

Where President Trump's tariffs stand with Mexico, Canada and China. And, the Education Department may see big cuts to staff ...

Musk has been granted power by the president to reduce the size of the federal government - but is he silently taking over?

Elon Musk has sidelined career officials, gained access to sensitive databases and even shut down the U.S. Agency for ...

Rubio was visiting El Salvador to press a friendly government to do more to meet President Donald Trump's demands for a major ...

Gov. Greg Abbott laid out seven emergency items – bills he wants to see passed as soon as possible – for Texas lawmakers to ...

The Trump administration grants Musk's team access to system that controls the flow of trillions of dollars in funds, US ...

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions ...

Elon Musk, often referred to as "the first buddy" of President Donald Trump, received a snub from the chief of staff of the ...

In positioning himself as a junior partner to the president and doing his bidding on matters large and small, the Louisiana ...