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Republican governors tried to slash state budgets. They...
Mitch Daniels called the $2 trillion spending reduction target “preposterous.”
Roger Lau named DNC executive director
The DNC is opting for an experienced insider instead of a shakeup.
March 2025
Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker.
Will Trump ‘rub it in’ in his first big address?
Trump is moving fast to redefine American government. In this episode of the Dee...
Musk threatens federal employees still working from hom...
Forcing federal workers back to the office was one of many day one executive ord...
Musk renews his ‘5 things’ demand with Trump’s apparent...
“Failure to respond a second time will result in termination,” the billionaire w...
‘Furious and looking for action’: DOGE is turning into ...
More than 2,000 people reached out to an organization that recruits people to ru...
Steve Bannon replicates Elon Musk's controversial 'salu...
Steve Bannon replicates Elon Musk's controversial 'salute' at CPAC lead image
Trump talks of a third term amid growing concerns about...
The president is barred from being elected more than twice by the Constitution.
Full interview with Richard Grenell | POLITICO at CPAC
Full interview with Richard Grenell | POLITICO at CPAC lead image
Mark Cuban says he’s not running for president in 2028
The business mogul praised Donald Trump's salesmanship even as he trashes his ab...
Dems concede Republicans ‘running circles’ around them ...
The Democratic response to Trump, one Texas lawmaker said, is “too slow and too ...
Trump called Washington a city of ‘filth' and 'decay.’ ...
Trump in his first weeks of his second term has targeted the city like few presi...
Unions sue to stop DOGE from accessing federal data
The legal complaint marks yet another challenge to the sweeping access and autho...
How Democrats lost the DEI war
Conservatives won the culture war by riding the backlash to Black Lives Matter p...
Dems attack Elon Musk after DOGE gains access to sensit...
Dems attack Elon Musk after DOGE gains access to sensitive data lead image
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Trump ousted the top Democratic campaign finance regula...
Ellen Weintraub has served on the commission since 2002.
Trump cuts Biden access to security briefings as payback
Biden cut off access to briefings for Trump in 2021.