The first two weeks of the Trump administration have brought dramatic proposals and unprecedented changes to the government. Our new series, On Democracy, is taking a step back to look at big ...

The Republican-led Senate is expected to confirm a chief architect of Project 2025 as director of the Office of Management and Budget on Thursday, despite round-the-clock speeches by Democrats who ...

In many ways, these have been tough days for Tesla. Falling sales. Squeezed profit margins. Proposed changes in US government ...

Douglas Rooks has been a Maine editor, columnist and reporter for 40 years. He is the author of four books, most recently a ...

It’s hard to think of anything less sexy and less made-for-TV than an attorney charging into a courthouse to seek a temporary ...

Forget the first 100 days. In the first 17, Trump has moved with a velocity faster than any modern president. Here are five ...

Across Europe, centrist parties increasingly paint even mild social democracy as a “radical left” threat. The wild rhetoric ...

To be clear: It’s not that I was wrong about the conflicts of interest Musk would be subject to — there is virtually nothing in government that doesn’t affect Musk’s businesses, which span electric ...

After reading Walter Isaacson's biography of Musk, I see him as uniquely qualified to lead an historic, essential ...

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Elon Musk is not the president, but it does appear that he—a foreign-born, unelected billionaire who was not confirmed by ...

The billionaire’s DOGE team has launched an all-out assault on federal agencies, triggering numerous legal objections.