When Elon Musk debuted the Department of Government Efficiency recently at the Capitol, House Speaker Mike Johnson enthusiastically predicted the coming Trump administration would bring ''a lot of ...

Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the ...

Donald Trump ran his presidential campaign promising to abolish entire federal agencies and departments, but it’s not quite ...

Congressional Republicans have managed barely a whimper as President Donald Trump wages a historic push to expand executive ...

Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin tried shouting down Republican strategist Scott Jennings Tuesday night during a panel ...

It’s a problem when Republicans claim Trump’s abuses are legal. It’s vastly worse when they don’t care whether the abuses are legal or not.

USAID cuts, led by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, may reduce aid to Ukraine, Jordan, and Ethiopia — but could cut wasteful ...

President Donald Trump’s administration this week launched one of its most brazen challenges yet to Congress’s authority.

Under what authority, exactly, is Musk operating when his staff kicks USAID workers off their systems and tries to close the ...

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

A new internal memo being circulated among certain Republican lawmakers is encouraging a set of talking points to push back ...

Elon Musk is rapidly and illegally consolidating personal control over large swaths of the federal government with President ...