Elon Musk is rapidly consolidating control over large swaths of the federal government with President Donald Trump's blessing ...

South Africa's mineral minister has called for an African-wide mineral blockade against the U.S. in response to Trump's aid cut threat over land expropriation. Gwede Mantashe declared, "If they don't ...

The Trump administration is placing U.S. Agency for International Development direct-hire staffers around the world on leave, ...

The Internal Revenue Service is accepting tax returns for tax season 2025, including through the expanded Direct File program ...

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In separate negotiations, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum have agreed with U.S ...

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said that Tesla CEO Musk is categorized as a special government employee.

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The SGE designation, which has come under scrutiny under Democrats as well, exempts short-term federal employees from certain ...

In its first two weeks, President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant changes to the U.S. Agency for ...

In the past week, there has been a lot of discussion around the USAID and where the billions of dollars in humanitarian aid ...

Here & Now host Peter O'Dowd speaks with law professor Richard Painter, who served as chief ethics lawyer under former President George W. Bush, about the limits of Elon Musk's power to eliminate ...