The nominations come days after the Department of Government Efficiency tried to take over both federal aid agencies.

The turnabout spawned a flood of condemnation from conservative groups and political activists loyal to Trump.

A shutdown would temporarily give the executive branch even broader powers over what government services are deemed "essential." ...

Russell Vought and Elon Musk are making congressional funding decisions irrelevant by their own lawless actions, like mass ...

In President Donald Trump’s first term, Russell Vought was a largely behind-the-scenes player who eventually became director of the influential but underappreciated Office of Management and Budget.

At Wheaton College, a controversy around one of its graduates, Russell Vought, a Trump Administration official, shows how deeply the past decade has fractured conservative Christians.

Donald Trump, however, seems to see Article II of the constitution, which lays out the president’s powers, as a blank cheque.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been the public face of the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle many ...

Donald Trump’s second presidency will take a novel path this week as he turns to Congress to enshrine part of his effort to ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday postponed 25% tariffs on many imports from Mexico and some imports from Canada for a month ...

The Trump administration’s demand that federal agencies plan to radically downsize is driven by a key figure in the ...