Politics
Trump’s cost-cutting at IRS blunts tax agency’s AI plans
President Trump’s moves to slash the IRS have severely dented the tax agency’s ability to harness artificial intelligence, according to a new audit. The Government Accountability Office, Congress’ investigative...
Trump casts Florida mail ballot as he pushes Congress to severely limit that voting option
President Trump has cast another mail ballot in Florida as he continues to publicly bash the voting method as a source of fraud and push Congress to curtail the...
Senate debate on SAVE America Act continues into second week as Democrats block GOP amendment
Republicans have begun putting Democrats on the record on President Trump’s top legislative priorities as the Senate heads into its second week debating the SAVE America Act. Democrats rejected...
Musk offers to pay TSA salaries as DHS shutdown stretches into fifth week
Elon Musk on Saturday offered to personally cover the paychecks of Transportation Security Administration officers as a partial government shutdown enters its fifth week, leaving tens of thousands of...
Trump considering ‘winding down’ military action in Iran
President Trump said the U.S. is considering scaling back its military operations in Iran because the U.S. is close to achieving its objectives in the conflict, which is about...
‘Hard reset’: Education department shrinks with handoff of student-loan management to Treasury
The Trump administration announced plans Thursday to transfer responsibility of the massive federal student-loan portfolio to the U.S. Treasury Department, the latest step in the strategy to dissolve the...
Former counterterrorism official says he wasn’t allowed to share Iran war concerns with Trump
Joe Kent, the former counterterrorism director who resigned this week over concerns about the Iran war, said Wednesday that he and other senior officials with doubts about the airstrikes...
House asks Fairfax County officials to testify on sanctuary status
The House Judiciary Committee has called Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid and Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano to testify and defend their sanctuary policies at a hearing next month. The...
