I would support you to be spokesperson for the Pentagon,” Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal acidly told Pete Hegseth during ...

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President Trump at an Oval Office press availability on Monday: "I think we have the finest people ever recruited for government. And you know what? You're starting to see that because we've done more ...

Diamond speaks with leading economist Larry Summers about what to expect for the U.S. economy in 2025, the problems facing ...

In what appears to be yet another move to consolidate parts of the federal government, President Donald Trump has appointed ...

In what appears to be yet another move to consolidate parts of the federal government, President Donald Trump has appointed ...

President Trump said the entity would focus on cutting government waste and slashing federal regulations, and he put tech ...

Obama’s efforts to spur recovery from the ... In January 2023, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced that the government hit its debt ceiling, the maximum amount of money that the ...

“For many years, Dave Lebryk’s leadership has helped to make our payment systems reliable and trusted at home and abroad,” said Jacob Lew, a Treasury secretary under President Barack Obama.

The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which refers to a cryptocurrency championed by Musk, was set up by Trump in ...

Elon Musk’s allies have gained access to a US Treasury payment system that distributes more than $6 trillion (£4.8 trillion) ...

It would be easy to feel hopeless right now when it comes to what’s happening in America. Since Donald Trump returned to office on January 20, he has been busy signing executive orders to rid the US ...