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  • Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte speaks with reporters at the White House, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington.Real Estate

    ‘Very problematic’ disclosure of ‘confidential competitive’ data between Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac roils housing world

    By Brian Slodysko and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte speaks with reporters at the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)Politics

    Before Bill Pulte targeted Trump’s political enemies, he practiced on his own family

    By Brian Slodysko, Chris Megerian, and others
  • Bill PultePolitics

    Trump’s secret weapon: Housing chief Bill Pulte morphs into attack dog, wielding America’s property records like a club

    By Chris Megerian, Brian Slodysko, and others
  • Texas residents cry and mourn the dead after catastrophic floodsEnvironment

    Experts worry Trump’s National Weather Service cuts will result in a patchwork system where taxpayers pay private companies for accurate forecasts

    By Michael Biesecker, Brian Slodysko, and others
  • FILE – Elon Musk attends the finals for the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)Politics

    Two of Elon Musk’s top DOGE hires are a married couple who worked at X and lived at Twitter’s HQ with their infant child

    By Byron Tau, Joshua Goodman, and others
  • This image provided by Travis Bond shows Amy Gleason, the acting administrator of the DOGE Service, pictured in 2014 at a health care technology conference in San Francisco, (Travis Bond via AP)Politics

    Once hailed by Obama as a ‘Champion of Change,’ DOGE’s chief may be wielding extraordinary power—or not—as role remains a mystery

    By Ryan J. Foley, Brian Slodysko, and others
  • Elon Musk wields a chainsaw on stagePolitics

    21 tech staffers quit from DOGE en masse, warning Elon Musk’s hires are political idealogues without the necessary skills or experience

    By Brian Slodysko, Byron Tau, and others
  • FILE – Mehmet Oz, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks to supporters at an election night rally in Newtown, Pa., Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Politics

    Trump’s Medicare pick Dr. Oz holds millions in companies that he’d oversee if he’s confirmed

    By Amanda Seitz, Brian Slodysko, and others
  • Elon Musk Joins President Trump For Signing Executive Orders In The Oval OfficePolitics

    Here are all the ways Tesla could benefit from Elon Musk’s close relationship with Donald Trump

    By Kimberly Kindy, Brian Slodysko, and others
  • Kash Patel adjusts his glassesPolitics

    Kash Patel owns up to $5 million in stock of Shein’s parent company—and won’t divest from it because he says there’s only a ‘remote’ chance his new job leading the FBI would interfere

    By Brian Slodysko, Eric Tucker, and others
  • Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump brings Susie Wiles to the podium at an election night watch party.Politics

    Trump’s incoming chief of staff—known as the ‘ice maiden’—faces a raft of special interests

    By Brian Slodysko, Joshua Goodman, and others
  • FILE – Trump co-campaign manager Susie Wiles is seen at Nashville International Airport as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives, July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)Politics

    Trump’s chief of staff is a former lobbyist. Now she’ll play the other side, policing special interests who want access to the president

    By Brian Slodysko, Joshua Goodman, and others
  • FILE – President Donald Trump appears on Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth at a Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)Politics

    Trump defense secretary nominee, Fox News host Pete Hegseth, accused of sexual assault by woman in 2017 police report

    By Martha Mendoza, Brian Slodysko, and others
  • Elon Musk jumps on the stage as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Politics

    Elon Musk has plunged more than $70 million into helping Trump and other Republicans in November

    By Brian Slodysko and The Associated Press
  • CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES – AUGUST 22: US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, United States on August 22, 2024. The DNC marks the ceremonial crowning of US Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as the party’s presidential nominees. (Photo by Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)Politics

    Republican network funds liberal third-party candidates hoping to hurt the Harris vote

    By Brian Slodysko, Dan Merica, and others