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WASHINGTON — Republican skepticism in the Senate of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees has been worn down, putting his ...

Trump's drive to stop spending approved by Congress puts the nation "on the cusp of a constitutional crisis," Sen. Andy Kim, ...

U.S. efforts to put carbon dioxide from power plants and industrial facilities underground where they won't contribute to ...

Tentative plans for a House Budget Committee markup this week may now be postponed as GOP lawmakers search for agreement.

Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to open a "Faith Office" at the White House, led by the televangelist Paula ...

Trump’s DOGE, an advisory body led by Musk, has zeroed in on some agencies as part of its efforts to slash the size of ...

An NBC News review shows Trump signed more executive orders in 10 days than any of his recent predecessors did in their first ...

The Trump administration’s multi-pronged attack on the CFPB continues.

But Trump tried to use it as an opportunity to push the MAGA 2025 agenda in a nonsensical way.” Over the past few years, influential voices on the right have talked about DEI programs in disparaging ...

He’s the first sitting president to attend the National Football League title game and will soon find out how the over 70,000 ...