The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would y...

On Friday, February 21, former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg posted: “A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country.

Carville’s call for Democratic retreat is a losing strategy. To counter authoritarianism, Democrats must fight, reframe, and lead—not surrender.

The May 2024 post resurfaced as a screenshot in February 2025, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced Bongino as the new FBI deputy director.

The jury’s out on whether the US is still at the top of global science. Proposed cuts to major agencies could mean completely ceding that title.

Whether by shuffling agency personnel, creating new agencies, or limiting their capacity for oversight, a common tactic among power-hungry leaders is establishing control over the country’s bureaucrac...

The dismissal of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff came as part of a broader shakeup throughout the military’s senior ranks.

The decision to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., a four-star fighter pilot, upends a tradition in which the Joint Chiefs chairman traditionally remains in place as administrations change.

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Crews helped battle the deadly Los Angeles-area wildfires, and now some worry a shortfall will weaken response capabilities as fire season approaches.

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A judge has blocked the funding freeze, but organizations say they are still unable to access money they urgently need to pay for salaries, utilities, supplies and other expenses.

Senate Republicans are moving ahead while House GOP leaders struggle to reach consensus on their own strategy for enacting the president's top priorities.

The president has long operated without anything resembling worry when it comes to appointments or executive action, but as his most powerful—and richest—political ally chainsaws his way through the f...

Israel has long been the leading recipient of U.S. foreign aid, including military assistance. That aid has come under heightened scrutiny amid Israel’s conflicts with Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran.

Donald Trump ran his campaign with the promise to manage the American government like a business. Should government even be run like a business, let alone by businesspeople? No more than business shou...

The idea that government should be run like a business is a popular one with both Republicans and, albeit to a lesser extent, Democrats. But this betrays a basic misunderstanding of the roles of the p...

See examples of actions by President Trump and his administration that appear to constitute legal violations.

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Hundreds of people protested several of President Trump's policies in Carson City - and across the nation on Wednesday.

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The right claims to loathe technocracy—but has empowered Elon Musk to remake the government.

The president said schools that violated the order would jeopardize their federal funding.

A climate office at the Department of Health and Human Services has been shuttered, and its staff was placed on administrative leave

The agency was in the midst of a probe into the billionaire's equipment at the time of Musk's assault.

A new version of the virus is widespread in wild birds but had not previously been detected in cows.

An apolitical bureaucracy run by public servants who respect the law is one of the greatest achievements a society can attain—and these two men have no respect for it.