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Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A 25-year-old associate of Elon Musk and former Treasury Department employee was “mistakenly” given the ability to make changes to a sensitive federal payment system, officials with the [Read More…]

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is gearing up for major changes to the Department of Education, which, among its other functions, oversees a $1.6 trillion portfolio of student loans — the third [Read More…]

Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of 191 House and Senate Democrats sent a letter to Russell Vought, the newly installed director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Treasury Secretary [Read More…]

Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk joined President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday, where he addressed reporters for the first time amid his controversial cost-cutting efforts across the federal government. Musk [Read More…]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In his first appearance since the Justice Department moved to drop the case against him, New York City Mayor Eric Adams celebrated the end of what he called [Read More…]

Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a pair of lawsuits filed over the past 24 hours, several nonprofit groups that rely on government funds to provide healthcare and other services abroad are accusing [Read More…]

Aaron Schwartz/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is reigniting a legal fight over whether it can unilaterally freeze billions of dollars in funding in loans, grants and financial assistance. Lawyers with the Department of [Read More…]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Steve Bannon, the confidante of President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty Tuesday to defrauding New Yorkers who donated to “We Build the Wall,” an online fundraiser for Trump’s signature [Read More…]

The J. Edgar Hoover building, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters/ Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge has ordered that the FBI must release some records related to its investigation of President Donald [Read More…]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is gearing up for potentially contentious meetings with Arab power players this week as President Donald Trump continues to press his plan for what he calls U.S. [Read More…]

Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an independent agency formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to safeguard Americans against unfair business practices, is the newest target [Read More…]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered an immediate pause on gender-affirming medical care procedures for all active-duty service members in a memo that was addressed to senior Pentagon leadership and military [Read More…]

Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump and key members of his administration are lashing out at judges who have halted some of his second-term agenda, suggesting they don’t have the authority [Read More…]

ABC News In an interview on ABC News’ “This Week” on Sunday, Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy warned of an “assault on the Constitution” under President Donald Trump. “I think this is the most serious [Read More…]

ABC News Republican Rep. Mike Turner on Sunday refuted claims that the massive overhaul of the federal government by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) constitutes a federal crisis. “Elon Musk goes about his [Read More…]

(Photo by Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency group has made swift work of the billionaire’s goal to scale back or dismantle much of the federal government, end diversity policies [Read More…]

(SimpleImages/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Environmental nonprofits are gearing up to challenge some of the actions President Donald Trump has issued since taking office. There is litigation coming for the majority of the executive orders Trump [Read More…]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Seven people have filed a federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that the U.S. government would only recognize a person’s sex assigned at birth on government-issued documents. [Read More…]

Ashraf Shazly/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Current and former U.S. Agency for International Development officials, speaking anonymously due to fear of retribution, blasted the Trump administration’s gutting of the aid agency, saying it has left [Read More…]

Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in a high-stakes visit for a key ally that depends on the United States for security and [Read More…]