The emergence of X owner Elon Musk as the most influential figure around President Donald Trump has created an extraordinary ...

Among other existential battles, Democrats are fighting the appearance of having cried wolf when it comes to portraying Donald Trump as a "threat to democracy." Many of their constituents, especially ...

Musk did indeed say that Americans would suffer "temporary hardship" as a result of the spending curbs he and Trump planned ...

President Trump said the entity would focus on cutting government waste and slashing federal regulations, and he put tech ...

Before you knock down a fence, make sure you understand why it was put there in the first place. Elon’s response to that, in ...

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Kennedy reinforced at his confirmation hearings last week that he is uniquely dangerous: a prodigious disinformation ...

Trump held crunch talks with Canada's Justin Trudeau as the tariff war escalates. The political enemies also spoke over the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will take steps to defund the federal Education Department, a White House ...

Federal employees who resign can stop working and keep their pay and benefits until Sept. 30, the Trump administration said.

Elon Musk has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian libertarian MP Marius Nilsen, who tossed the Tesla ...