Trump Faces the Biggest Test Yet of His Second-Term Political Power

If President Trump gets his domestic policy bill over the finish line, it will be a vivid demonstration of his continuing hold over the Republican Party. Read More

Musk Wades Back Into Politics, Slamming Trump’s Domestic Policy Bill

Weeks after ending his war of words with President Trump, Elon Musk called the president’s bill “utterly insane and destructive.” ... Read More

The Republicans who bucked Trump on his big bill: From the Politics Desk

Sen. Thom Tillis, R.-N.C., meanwhile, has been on the receiving end of Trump’s wrath in recent days — to the extent that after he announced his opposition to the bill over the weekend, he decided to ... Read More

'Freedoms get trampled': Trump’s ruthless media shakedowns are only becoming worse

Many experts on media law attacked President Donald Trump's $20 billion lawsuit against CBS News as frivolous and devoid of merit. Trump claimed that a "60 Minutes" interview with 2024 Democratic ... Read More

December 19, 2024 - Presidential transition news | CNN Politics

The House failed tonight to pass a new Donald Trump-backed GOP proposal to fund the government into March, intensifying the threat of a shutdown ahead of a Friday night deadline. Read More

The post-fight fallout from Trump-Musk tiff could get even uglier - USA TODAY

The fight began over Musk’s public criticism of Trump’s “Big Beautiful” budget bill and the projected $2.5 trillion increase it would cause to the federal deficit. Read More

Here's what the Trump administration did today - NPR

Here's what the Trump administration did today President Trump touted his efforts to remake the government, including calling on federal workers to return to the office. He also defended his ... Read More

Trump is getting increasingly desperate, sparking new fears for his health | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump’s increasing political desperation is raising concerns about his judgment following his aggressive Covid-19 treatment and as suspicion mounts that the White House is not ... Read More

Can he do that? How Trump could try to break the federal government

A president can't really delete entire agencies, but he could take a page from Nixon to try to starve them. Elon Musk, who Trump has picked to co-lead the new outside-of-government "Department of ... Read More

Trump falls back on grievances as he slides in the polls: From the Politics Desk - NBC News

In today’s edition, senior national politics reporters Matt Dixon and Jonathan Allen examine how Donald Trump is laying the groundwork for excuses if he loses the presidential election. Read More

Trump Is Getting More Desperate—And More Dangerous

The good news is that President Donald Trump’s attempts to defy the results of the election and remain in office keep falling flat. In court after court, judges have ruled against the Trump ... Read More

Can he do that? How Trump could try to break the federal government - MSN

With that in mind, here's a look at how Trump could try to "break" the federal government: A president can't really delete entire agencies, but he could take a page from Nixon to try to starve them ... Read More