Politics

Judge James E. Boasberg, chief judge of the Federal District Court in DC, /Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the past few weeks, the U.S. Marshals Service has warned federal judges of an increase in threats in the wake of the increased attention they are getting as a […]

Former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) employees/Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Thousands of federal workers nationwide have been forced out of their jobs by the Trump administration as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency’s says it aims to improve the government and cut down waste. From park rangers and Department of Veterans Affairs […]

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk’s political action committee is offering Wisconsin voters $100 who sign a petition opposing “activist judges” ahead of the April 1 Wisconsin Supreme Court election, echoing the billionaire’s controversial cash giveaways during President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign. The petition, promoted online and at in-person events […]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Wyoming Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman tangled with a fiery town hall audience in her home state on Thursday night as she went back and forth with constituents over Elon Musk’s DOGE and cuts to federal spending. At one point, Hageman sparred with a woman who said she was […]

(Marie Hickman/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Democrats are settling into the year with some of their strongest February grassroots fundraising numbers on record, according to the Democratic National Committee, which says it brought in $9 million during the critical first full month of Donald Trump’s presidency with an average donation of less than $35. In a […]

(spxChrome/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Government Efficiency approach’s to identifying fraud at the Social Security Administration “is tantamount to hitting a fly with a sledgehammer,” a federal judge said Thursday, blocking DOGE’s unlimited access to sensitive agency data. In a 137-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander wrote the Trump administration never […]

(SimpleImages/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — In President Donald Trump’s escalating battle with the judiciary, he and his Republican allies have zeroed in on a similar message. No single judge, they argue, should be able to use an injunction to block the powers of the country’s elected chief executive. “That’s a presidential job. That’s not for a […]

People hold signs as they hold an “informational picket” over DOGE’s reductions to the federal workforce outside the Jacob K. Javits Federal Office Building on March 19, 2025 in New York City. Federal workers and supporters from affected federal agencies, labor leaders, elected officials, and consumer advocates protested Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) […]

Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, the federal judge who blocked the Trump administration from deporting noncitizens — Venezuelan immigrants that it alleges are members of the gang Tren de Aragua — without due process accused the Justice Department of evading “its obligations” to comply with his order for more […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump continued his sweeping education agenda as he signed an executive order to diminish the Department of Education at the White House on Thursday. The president’s order directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take all necessary steps permitted by law to shrink the Department of Education, according to the […]