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Congressional Republicans notched a major victory by muscling a funding bill through the House, but GOP lawmakers are still struggling to make headway on President Donald Trump’s biggest legislative priorities. House and Senate Republicans have yet to reach a deal on a budget plan that would set the framework for Trump’s legislative agenda — a […]

Ambitious Illinois Democrats are dreaming about Sen. Dick Durbin’s exit in 2026. The latest contender: the state’s lieutenant governor. Juliana Stratton, who first took office in 2019, is quietly positioning herself for a Senate bid if Durbin bows out, calling key Democratic figures to ask for support, according to three people with knowledge of her […]

Neera Tanden is reprising her role at the helm of the Center for American Progress, one of the Democratic Party’s most influential think tanks, as the party looks to regain its footing with voters and counter President Donald Trump. It’s a homecoming for Tanden, who was named president and chief executive of CAP Thursday, resuming […]

Elon Musk was hailed as a chainsaw-wielding slasher of the government at his debut at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Appearing on stage in a gold chain, black MAGA hat and sunglasses, the tech mogul on Thursday boasted about taking on the federal bureaucracy and dismissed the Democratic opposition as fake during a sit-down interview […]

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best […]

Few things are more authentically Washington than a fly-in. As in, the great capital tradition of getting people from all 50 states into town and unleashing them on the halls of Congress for a few days of lobbying. This week, the group showing up to have their voices heard isn’t local farm bureaus, chambers of […]

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The Constitution expressly forbids presidents from running for a third term. But that hasn’t stopped Donald Trump from raising it repeatedly — and this time from an official White House event. “Should I run again? You tell me.” Trump said on Thursday before a crowded East Room filled with mostly Black supporters who were there […]

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OXON HILL, Maryland — A political backlash is sneaking up on billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump across America as they take an ax to the government. But inside the gleeful halls of the Conservative Political Action Conference, the vanguard of the Republican Party couldn’t care less. At the annual gathering of conservatives inaugurated […]

Mark Cuban, the billionaire business mogul and “Shark Tank” star, quashed speculation he will be making a White House run in 2028 — even as he has become a prominent voice against Donald Trump’s agenda in Washington. The Dallas Mavericks minority owner was asked if his name would be on a ballot in the near […]

Elon Musk warned Monday that government employees who have not yet returned to working from their offices full time will be placed on administrative leave, escalating his effort from within the Trump administration to tighten the screws on the federal bureaucracy. Musk’s threat follows an executive order from President Donald Trump last month ordering federal […]

An emboldened Elon Musk is once again directing federal employees to justify their existence in writing — or face dismissal. Musk made his renewed demand in a social media post Monday after President Donald Trump seemed to contradict other senior administration officials and approve the directive that the billionaire initially sent out to workers over […]

Democrats say sweeping government cuts led by Elon Musk have started to awaken a latent opposition to President Donald Trump — and they’re hoping it will motivate a slew of new down-ballot candidates to run in the years ahead. Early interest in running for office is already beginning to rise — at least one major […]

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best […]

“Move fast and break things.” It’s an old motto from Silicon Valley. But these days, speed and disruption are also the coin of the realm in Washington. President Donald Trump is moving fast to redefine the government and America’s place in the world; and many of his critics have voiced their concerns that something might […]

Before Elon Musk and his chainsaw, there was Mitch Daniels “the Blade.” The former Indiana governor and Office of Management and Budget director under President George W. Bush, Daniels established a reputation in the early 2000s as a knife to government. As governor, he shrunk the size of his state’s workforce by 18 percent and […]

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin is promoting from within as he fills out his senior leadership team, taking a stay-the-course approach to staffing despite the party’s losses in November. Roger Lau, who has been serving as the DNC’s deputy executive director since 2021, will be the DNC’s next executive director, committee officials shared first […]

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Rep. Sylvester Turner has died, according to fellow House Democrats and his office. The first-term Texas Democrat had been elected in 2024 to succeed the late Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died in office last year. Democrats announced his death to their colleagues in a closed-door leadership meeting Wednesday morning, according to three people […]