A Reuters investigation found nearly all clemency decisions made by Trump this term flouted longstanding Justice Department guidelines. In place of traditional rules, the White House relies on influential advocates espousing pardons based on partisan, personal criteria.

If Elon Musk's bot ruled the world, total societal collapse would apparently follow.

A lobbyist who ​helped a nursing home owner convicted of tax fraud secure a pardon from President ‌Donald Trump is in talks with prosecutors over a potential plea agreement to resolve extortion charge...

The Republican head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency referred allegations from a conservative news site to his agency’s inspector general for possible criminal investigation of Rep. Eric Swalwell...

Days after being sworn in as President Donald Trump’s appointee at a top U.S. housing agency, Bill Pulte began cleaning house.

The U.S. Congress' watchdog said this week it will investigate whether Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte abused his position and government resources to accuse President Donald Trump'...

Close relatives of the federal official who has accused a Federal Reserve governor of improperly claiming primary residence on two properties have declared the same status on two homes in two different states, public records show.

The issue has caused a rare fracture within Trump's base of support.

U.S. President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Friday against Dow Jones, News Corp , Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal reporters, raising claims under federal libel law, court records show.

The role of Elon Musk's SpaceX in an ambitious new U.S. missile defense system is in question following the dramatic feud last week between the billionaire entrepreneur and President Donald Trump, according to three people familiar with the project.

One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...

President Donald Trump is expected to announce he has selected the path forward for his ambitious Golden Dome missile defense shield, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.

A group of 42 Democratic lawmakers has called for a review of Elon Musk's role in the bidding process for the "Golden Dome" missile defense shield, a project championed by President Donald Trump.

At the Social Security Administration, lawyers, statisticians and other high-ranking agency officials are being sent from the Baltimore headquarters to regional offices to replace veteran claims processors who have been fired or taken buyouts from the Trump administration.

All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted

A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday found "probable cause" to hold President Donald Trump's administration in contempt of court for violating his order last month halting deportations of Venezuelan migrants under a wartime law.

One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's top advisors, Dan Caldwell, was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a U.S. official told Reuters.

As the Trump administration intensifies efforts to acquire Greenland from Denmark — or take it by force — some Silicon Valley tech investors are promoting the frozen island as a site for a so-called freedom city, a libertarian utopia with minimal corporate regulation, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Trump administration officials have told some U.S. government employees that Elon Musk's DOGE team of technologists is using artificial intelligence to surveil at least one federal agency’s communications for hostility to President Donald Trump and his agenda, said two people with knowledge of the matter.

Mary Glantz was in her room at a Hampton Inn in Columbia, South Carolina, last Friday night during a trip visiting friends when her phone began pinging furiously with messages at 9:30 p.m.

Elon Musk's SpaceX and United Launch Alliance are expected to each win a U.S. Space Force rocket launch contract on Friday worth billions of dollars to send some of the Pentagon's most sensitive satellites into space over the next several years, according to two people familiar with the procurement decision.

In Florida, Brightline has proved that it can operate reliable, well-designed passenger trains that people want to ride. Can the public sector do the same?

A top employee of billionaire Elon Musk who is now working in the U.S. Justice Department previously bragged about hacking and distributing pirated software, according to archived copies of his former websites reviewed by Reuters.

A pair of top Democratic lawmakers asked the U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday to preserve records related to President Donald Trump’s crypto venture World Liberty Financial and posed questions about potential conflicts of interest.

A project proposed by Elon Musk's SpaceX and the U.S. Air Force to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll could harm the many seabirds that nest at the wildlife refuge, according to biologists and experts who have spent more than a decade working to protect them.

The Trump administration has begun firing staff at major U.S. health agencies including the CDC and FDA as part of its plan to cut 10,000 government health jobs, sources familiar with the situation and a health official said on Tuesday.

The Trump administration has directed two intelligence agencies to train their satellite surveillance capabilities on the U.S.-Mexico border region as part of a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration and drug cartels.

The United States and Ukraine have agreed terms on a minerals deal that is central to Kyiv's push to win U.S. support as President Donald Trump seeks to rapidly end the war with Russia, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.

The United States and Ukraine have agreed terms on a minerals deal that is central to Kyiv's push to win U.S. support as President Donald Trump seeks to rapidly end the war with Russia, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.

The Trump administration is directing immigration agents to track down hundreds of thousands of migrant children who entered the United States without their parents, expanding the president's mass deportation effort, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters.

The Trump administration is directing immigration agents to track down hundreds of thousands of migrant children who entered the United States without their parents, expanding the president's mass deportation effort, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters.