As of September 2024, the FAA had 14,000 air traffic controllers in its employ, having surpassed its yearly goal to bring ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement that Reuters’s sources were “wrong,” that Trump had signed ...

President Donald Trump hheld the first Cabinet meeting of his second term on Wednesday. In attendance was Elon Musk.

Friends Julie Roginsky, a Democrat, and Mike DuHaime, a Republican, talk politics: Until DOGE starts hurting communities, people don't care.

An proposal to screen claims for Medicare and Medicaid.

Federal funding dries up at the end of the day on March 14. Lawmakers acknowledge that passing full appropriations bills are unlikely given the time crunch, and they are preparing a funding extension ...

House Republicans go to war with math as they try to save hundreds of billions of dollars without scaling back critical ...

In his latest opinion column, Lubbock County Democrat Kyle Rable condemns recent cuts to spending for programs impacting ...

Readers discuss cuts to Medicaid and other government programs. Also: Climate data; Trump and Kafka; the long view.

Joe Rogan, a longtime admirer of Elon Musk, recently pushed back against the billionaire's claims about Social Security fraud, calling them misleading. On a recent episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience ...

Civilian federal jobs are being cut by the thousands, as Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency continues to shrink the government workforce at the behest of President Donald Trump ...

Before slashing Social Security staff in half, Elon Musk might look at the guy who's gotten $38 billion from the government.