Republicans are just fine with Elon Musk gutting the government.

Although some parts of President Donald Trump’s agenda are getting bogged down by litigation, Elon Musk’s Department of ...

The Trump administration orders a shutdown of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, halting inquiries and new rules.

WASHINGTON — For Senator Elizabeth Warren, the fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — the latest target of the ...

Musk drove fringe viewpoints on USAID into the mainstream on X as the Trump administration halted the humanitarian relief ...

ON MONDAY, THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT for the District of Columbia published an affidavit from “Terry Doe,” the pseudonym of a ...

The Trump administration has directed the CFPB to cease most operations, raising concerns about consumer protection in the ...

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President Donald Trump's administration is going after USAID, an organization President Joe Biden used to push abortion ...

President Trump and other critics of the agency say it needs to be shut down. Supporters of the agency point to its record of protecting consumers.

Each presidency recklessly shredded the power of Congress to create and shut down programs and to determine how federal money is spent. Obama created ... as their branch of government was shorn ...