Vice President Vance said Thursday that billionaire Elon Musk will remain a “friend and an adviser” to the White House after Musk departs from his role as a special government employee next month. Musk is leading the efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to shrink the size and scope of the federal government,...

Senate Judiciary Democrats are pushing for a rare hearing on a U.S. attorney nominee as they argue President Trump’s pick to lead the office in D.C., Ed Martin, is especially alarming and deserving of further scrutiny. Martin has held the job on an interim basis since Inauguration Day, but in just a few short weeks...

Simply by moving a detainee to a different jurisdiction, ICE can increase the likelihood of deportation.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said late Wednesday that he considers Elon Musk’s statements that he’s a “creep” and a “jerk” a "badge of honor." “Well, that’s a badge of honor if he thinks I am,” Walz said on MSNBC about the tech billionaire's insults, made in response to the former Democratic vice presidential nominee's...

Former Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.), President Trump's choice for ambassador to China, will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Thursday morning. Perdue, who served as a senator from 2015 to 2021, was a member of both the Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees. He ran for governor of Georgia in 2021 and was endorsed by Trump....

Scott Kupor, President Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), will testify Thursday morning before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Kupor, a managing director at a venture capital firm, was tapped for the role in December. His confirmation hearing comes as the Trump administration faces mounting criticism over mass...

A federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily paused an order that blocked the Trump administration from effectively dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). A panel of three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted the administration's emergency request for an administrative stay, noting the government's representation that...

President Donald Trump has tapped California GOP rising star Bill Essayli to be the chief prosecutor in nation's most populous federal court district.

President Donald Trump gave a "prognosis" for the U.S. after reciprocal tariffs, making a medical metaphor in saying "the patient lived, and is healing."

Russia's special envoy on international economic and investment, Kirill Dmitriev, says he's in Washington meeting with the Trump administration.