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Monday’s amicus brief was spearheaded by Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and joined by the Republican AGs of 17 other ...

The purge at the U.S. Agency for International Development is a blow to American interests and a boon to our adversaries.

The SpaceX founder and CEO's moves across federal agencies break with tradition and could result in legal action.

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.

Inside USAID as Elon Musk works to dismantle humanitarian agency - Elon Musk is leading an attack on the 63-year-old ...

China countered President Donald Trump'sacross-the-board tariffs on Chinese products with tariffs on select U.S. imports. It will also launch an antitrust investigation into Google and other trade ...

As part of the de-wokeification process, Trump’s administration has eviscerated more than 8,000 pages of materials just since Friday about a range of topics, from census methodology to resources about ...

The White House is reportedly drafting an executive order that would shut down the U.S. Department of Education.

Elon Musk was spotted with a woman who has since been revealed as his 'girlfriend' and the mother of three of his 12 children ...

Britain's Ofcom said on Tuesday it has closed its investigation into whether people under the age of 18 are accessing ...