DOGE effort picks up Trump allies in Congress with target on welfare programs
WASHINGTON — Elon Musk’s mission to eliminate vast swaths of government spending picked up new foot soldiers on Capitol Hill ...
Republicans take a back seat as Trump steamrolls Congress with flurry of unilateral moves
Trump is moving at breakneck speed to disrupt and reshape the federal government, challenging oversight powers reserved for ...
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How Congress — and not the president — controls how taxpayer money is spent
“Congress authorized that money to be spent, and it is not up to the president to decide, ‘I don’t want to spend it,’” said Sally Katzen, a professor at New York University’s School of La ...
As Trump and Musk Upend Washington, Congressional Phones Can’t Keep Up
In the three weeks since President Trump took office and gave Elon Musk free rein inside the federal government, millions of ...
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Donald Trump and the incredible shrinking Congress
The framers of the Constitution imagined Congress as the preeminent branch of government. But many GOP lawmakers on Capitol ...
Public needs to rise up to fight 'constitutional crisis,' says Democratic senator
Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut worries the U.S. public may not recognize the ongoing "constitutional crisis" if they see Democrats regularly collaborating with Republicans.
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Courts and Congress struggle to keep up with Trump as he reshapes American government
Courts and Congress are struggling to keep up with the breakneck pace as the Trump administration dramatically reshapes the American government, national politics and international order. The ...
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Trump challenges Congress’ power with plan to shutter USAID, legal experts say
Donald Trump’s apparent plans to shutter the US Agency for International Development without congressional authority ...