Republicans urge President Trump and Elon Musk to end their feud
President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk are showing no signs of reconciling, but Republicans are increasingly urging them to settle their public dispute.
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Trump and Musk’s relationship appears to flame out just as publicly as it started
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s alliance took off like one of SpaceX’s rockets. It was supercharged and soared high. And now it appears to have blown up.
U.S. Supreme Court blocks order to force Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers
The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked an order that would have forced the Trump administration to let thousands of federal employees to be rehired after they were let go in efforts to shrink the federal government.
U.S. Senate passes six-month funding bill hours before federal government shutdown deadline
Now that the U.S. Senate has passed a government funding bill, it will go to President Trump for his signature.
Update: Schumer will advance Republican funding bill, will not risk government shutdown
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says he’s ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led government funding bill that has fiercely divided Democrats who want to put limits on the Trump administration.
U.S. Postal Service agrees to work with DOGE on reform, plans to cut 10,000 workers
The Postmaster General plans to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from the U.S. Postal Service budget, working with Elon Musk ’s Department of Government Efficiency.
Judge orders Trump to rehire probationary workers let go in government cost-cutting move
A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered the Trump administration to rehire thousands, if not tens of thousands, of probationary workers let go as Trump tries a dramatic downsizing of the federal government.
U.S. Education Department plans to lay off 1,300 employees as Trump vows to wind down the agency
The Education Department plans to lay off over 1,300 of its more than 4,000 employees as part of a reorganization that’s seen as a prelude to President Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency.
U.S. House passes bill to fund federal government through September; prospects unclear in Senate
The spending bill that passed the U.S. House will need support from at least eight Democrats in the Senate to get the bill to President Trump’s desk.
Federal judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers were likely unlawful
A federal judge in San Francisco has found that the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful.
