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First DOGE committee hearing becomes referendum on Elon Musk

The star of the first House’s Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) subcommittee hearing on Wednesday was an individual not in attendance: Elon Musk. Democrats on the panel took intense aim at Musk, who is heading the DOGE initiative under President Trump, accusing him of breaking the law in his quest to eliminate spending he deems wasteful...

Leavitt defends banning AP from Oval Office over ‘Gulf of America’ stance

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended a decision by the White House on Tuesday to keep The Associated Press out of the pool of reporters allowed inside the Oval Office to cover an executive order signing with President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk. "We reserve the right to decide who gets to go into...

Treasury Department revokes access ‘mistakenly’ given to Musk aide

A former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer "mistakenly” received editing access to a sensitive federal payment system at the Treasury Department for a brief period last week before staff revoked his capabilities.  Marko Elez, a 25-year-old DOGE staffer who resigned Friday, did not use the additional privileges to make any changes to the database,...

‘Clawed back’: DHS chief Noem secures eye-popping sum sent to NYC for migrant hotels

The Department of Homeland Security says it has "clawed back" $59 million in FEMA funding that went to NYC migrant hotels, a day after it said it had fired employees over it.

DRAIN THE SWAMP Act seeks to move DC bureaucracy ‘out of crazy town,’ House DOGE leader says

Florida Republican Congressman Aaron Bean is putting forward the DRAIN THE SWAMP Act to compel the relocation of a swath of the federal bureaucracy outside Washington, D.C.

Treasury ‘mistakenly’ gave Musk DOGE worker ability to change payments system: court docs

Prior to resigning from the Treasury Department, Marko Elez at one point had "read/write permissions" to the Secure Payment System, Joseph Gioeli III indicated in a court filing.

House Dems reintroduce reparations legislation: ‘We refuse to be silent’

House Democrats on Wednesday reintroduced legislation that aims to find ways to deliver reparations to African Americans who are descendants of slaves.

8 inspectors general fired by Trump sue to get jobs back

Eight former inspectors general fired by President Donald Trump are suing to get their jobs back, claiming their terminations were not carried out lawfully.

White House says ‘the real constitutional crisis is taking place within our judicial branch’

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says judges are "abusing their power to unilaterally block President Trump's basic executive authority."

‘DEI activism’: Republican AGs praise Trump SEC move to reverse Biden climate rule they fought in court

The Trump administration is working to overturn a Biden SEC mandate that faced multiple lawsuits last year over its climate rule requiring companies to disclose carbon emissions.

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