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Trump ousted the top Democratic campaign finance regulator....
Ellen Weintraub has served on the commission since 2002.
Trump cuts Biden access to security briefings as payback
Biden cut off access to briefings for Trump in 2021.
How Democrats lost the DEI war
Conservatives won the culture war by riding the backlash to Black Lives Matter protests.
Unions sue to stop DOGE from accessing federal data
The legal complaint marks yet another challenge to the sweeping access and authority...
'Radical lunatics': Trump, Musk target USAID
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February 2025
Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker.
Elon Musk presents a new vulnerability for Donald Trump
The billionaire's strategy of moving fast and breaking things isn't going over so...
Dems attack Elon Musk after DOGE gains access to sensitive...
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'I don't think they're going to get the battle that they...
Trump is testing the limits of his power.
Chuck Todd, former ‘Meet the Press’ host, leaving NBC News
The longtime journalist and anchor said that he planned on staying in media.
LA Times accused by writer of ‘distorting’ an op-ed – in...
The paper’s billionaire owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, has vocally called for Kennedy...
Elon Musk spoke privately with Todd Young, did not ask...
The conversation came the same day Musk targeted Young on X before deleting the...
Trump plan to upend civil service advances under new name
New guidance gives federal agencies 90 days to do a preliminary review of jobs that...
Jim Acosta, prominent Trump critic, leaves CNN
Trump called him “a major sleazebag.” Acosta said the press must “hold power to...
Will Trump’s billionaire brigade run America like a tech...
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Trump's billionaire brigade poised to upend Washington:...
The new class of moguls surrounding President Donald Trump crave deregulation and...
Lobbying firms tied to Trump report wave of new clients
On K Street, firms linked to a new administration often see their fortunes rise....
Why Trump supporters see sunshine in Trump’s dark and foreboding...
If Trump’s first inaugural address was lacking in the traditionally conciliatory...
Highlights from Trump's inauguration eve rally
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