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Brussels negotiators hope that by agreeing to a 10% US tariff on all European Union exports, they can avoid higher tariffs on ...

— “State legislators spent months mired in a budget standoff centered around taxes and an ongoing affordability crisis, only ...

Minnesota lawmaker shooting suspect Vance Luther Boelter is in custody, but bad-faith responses by figures like Elon Musk and ...

Social media platforms, collaborative online tools, and encrypted messaging are all helping to power a massive, decentralized ...

The White House's rescissions proposal would claw back billions in funding to PBS, NPR and foreign aid. Key Senate Republicans are still skeptical.

The Trump administration has cut US government spending on health research to a 10-year low, forcing universities to dip into ...

California authorities say the sweeping DOGE staffing cuts at the U.S. Forest Service will mean fewer prescribed burns leading into this year's wildfire season. Here's why that scares them.

A former intelligence officer's 1980 reflections on selecting Cold War targets are worth revisiting in the wake of the second Trump administration, but perhaps not for the reasons you might imagine.

A viral rumor about a $5,000 DOGE Dividend stimulus check in June 2025 is false. Here’s what actually happened.

The drama offers a case study in how Elon Musk’s team sought to run a critical government agency through misinformation and ...

Even though the billionaire is no longer leading the Department of Government Efficiency effort, many key staffers — and DOGE ...