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  • Elon Musk speaks next to Donald Trump in the oval officePolitics

    One by one, Republicans are speaking up against billionaire Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn DOGE tactics

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Donald Trump and Elon MuskPolitics

    ‘An erosion of our democracy’: Critics say Trump and Musk are dismantling government in under 30 days

    By The Associated Press and Lisa Mascaro
  • Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be Defense secretary, gives a thumbs up while leaving after his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Politics

    Senate confirms Hegseth as defense secretary after VP Vance casts tie-breaking vote to overcome 3 GOP dissenters

    By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others
  • President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Politics

    Trump says he may withhold federal wildfire disaster aid for Los Angeles if California doesn’t change water policies

    By Lisa Mascaro, Chris Megerian, and others
  • Supporters of President Donald Trump stand with their flags in support of people convicted for their part in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol at the DC Central Detention Facility in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Politics

    D.C. federal court judges slam Trump’s blanket clemency for Jan. 6 rioters: ‘It cannot whitewash the…terror that the mob left in its wake’

    By Michael Kunzelman, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • President-elect Donald Trump flanked by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune of S.D. talks to reporters after a meeting with Republican leadership at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Politics

    Trump gives GOP senators no set strategy as they struggle to turn his priorities into law: ‘One bill, two bills, doesn’t matter’

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Matt Gaetz speaks in front of a microphone, holding his finger upPolitics

    Damning 37-page report says Matt Gaetz ‘regularly’ paid for sex and used drugs while he was a member of Congress

    By Farnoush Amiri, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks briefly to reporters just before a vote on an interim spending bill to prevent a government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. The vote failed to pass. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    House rejects Trump-backed plan to avoid government shutdown—with dozens of Republicans voting ‘no’

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • House Speaker Mike Johnson adjusts his glassesPolitics

    Trump is slamming the stopgap spending bill for being too expensive while simultaneously calling for a higher debt ceiling

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks during a U.S. Capitol Hanukkah event with a ceremonial Menorah lighting to commemorate the upcoming eight-day festival of Hanukkah on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Washington.Politics

    Congress is scrambling after Trump and Musk’s push implodes government funding plan

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • FILE – Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during an event in Washington, June 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)Politics

    Nancy Pelosi has hip replacement surgery at a US military hospital in Germany after falling at Battle of the Bulge ceremony

    By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be defense secretary, is joined by his wife Jennifer Rauchet, left, as they arrive to meet with Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    Trump defense pick Pete Hegseth faces Senate scrutiny over sexual assault and workplace alcohol use allegations

    By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others
  • President-elect Donald Trump speaks as he arrives for a meeting with the House GOP conference, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. From left are Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., and Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn. AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Politics

    Extending tax cuts tops the GOP’s agenda for first 100 days — ‘Americans don’t care if Elon Musk is rich’

    By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press
  • House Speaker Mike Johnson stands in front of a podiumPolitics

    Republicans say they are ‘ready to deliver’ on Trump’s promises: ‘Deportations, the drilling, the wall—it’s going to take all of us getting together’

    By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press
  • U.S. President Joe Biden speaksPolitics

    Republican impeachment report accuses Biden of abuse of power and obstruction of justice—but no criminal charges

    By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, and others