Trump and Musk Appear Together in the Oval Office to Defend the Work of DOGETrump and Musk spoke as the president signed a new executive order calling on the heads of federal agencies to “promptly undertake preparations to initiate large-scale reductions in force.”
Texas Bills Would Allow Ten Commandments and Bible Reading in Public SchoolsSimilar legislation has been introduced in Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio and other states in recent weeks as Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law remains under legal scrutiny.
Here Are All the Agencies That Elon Musk and DOGE Have Been Trying to Dismantle So FarElon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has made swift work of the billionaire’s goal to curtail the government. Here are some of the actions it has taken.
Pope Rebukes Trump Administration Over Migrant Deportations, Warns ‘It Will End Badly’The U.S. border czar has pushed back against Pope Francis’ criticism of the U.S. mass deportation of migrants plan.
Why the Gaza Ceasefire Is Under Growing StrainWhy has Hamas announced a delay just days before it is due to release the next group of hostages?
The Governments That Survived InflationIn the 2024 U.S. presidential election, the Democrats joined a slew of governments voted out in the past year in the wake of high inflation. Their defeat underscores the long-standing insight of scholars who have studied the history of inflation: price spikes in essentials can topple governments.
Their democracy died. They have lessons for America about Trump’s power grab.Hungarians who lived through Viktor Orbán’s 2010 power grab warn Americans: Act now, before it’s too late. A leader who voters rejected several years ago returns to power, largely thanks to discontent with the incumbent party’s economic performance.
The Trump Crisis DeepensIt is a mistake to think of the first two and a half weeks of President Trump’s second term as a series of discrete and separate constitutional and legal crises. It is one crisis, with many manifestations.
As Washington reels from Trump’s first actions, his voters like what they seePLAINS, Pa. — Behind the counter of the pink-tiled D’s Diner, Tammy Malloy chatted in between serving a late morning wave of tables. The 67-year-old said she had come to work beaming the day after the November election, in which she had voted for Donald Trump.
The Cold War Putin WantsThree years after launching his “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a looming choice. In public, he exudes optimism. He has pulled his country back from the abyss and, with military means, defended its sovereignty, or rather what he calls sovereignty.
Why Canada's spies worry about Trump's national intelligence nomineeHillary Clinton once called her a "Russian asset" — and that was while Tulsi Gabbard was still a Democrat.
Hamas Makes Gaunt Israeli Hostages Thank Captors Before ReleaseHamas released three Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for 183 Palestinians jailed by Israel, in a staged handover where rifle-toting Hamas fighters prodded their gaunt captives to give short speeches, effectively at gunpoint, thanking the militants who had held them captive for 16 months.
The one big question looming over Trump’s power grabsNo one knows if the Supreme Court will enforce the law against Trump. Much of what Donald Trump has done in his first eight days back in the White House is legally unjustifiable. What’s uncertain is whether the Supreme Court will do anything to stop him.
Jeremy Bowen: Trump's Gaza plan won't happen, but it will have consequencesDonald Trump's plan for the US to "take over" and "own" Gaza, resettling its population in the process, is not going to happen. It requires the co-operation of Arab states that have rejected it.
Behind the scenes of Canada's push to avoid Donald Trump's punishing tariffsDespite winning a month-long reprieve from potentially devastating U.S. tariffs, there is a deep sense of anxiety hanging over some of the most senior Canadian government officials who manage the relationship with President Donald Trump.