President Trump claimed on Friday that a report in The New York Times, which detailed plans for Elon Musk to receive a briefing at the Pentagon on U.S. military plans for any prospective war with China, was “made-up” and “fake.” The Times said afterward that it stood by the reporting in the article, which was…
President Trump escalated his threats against people who vandalize Tesla cars, musing in a social media post on Friday that those convicted of damaging or destroying the vehicles — including U.S. citizens — could be sent to notorious prison complexes in El Salvador. “I look forward to watching the sick terrorist thugs get 20-year jail…
Top Senate Democrats on Friday asked the internal watchdogs of more than a dozen government agencies to investigate job cuts carried out at the direction of Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency operation. The request was made in a letter signed by 15 Democratic senators and one independent who serve on government oversight…
A hearing has been set for Friday afternoon to debate whether a federal judge in Washington acted correctly when he temporarily stopped the Trump administration last weekend from summarily deporting scores of Venezuelan immigrants under a powerful but rarely invoked wartime statute. The hearing, scheduled for 2:30 p.m. in Federal District Court in Washington, could…
The newly appointed head of one of the nation’s top housing regulators is moving quickly to reshape not only the agency but also Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two government-controlled mortgage finance giants he oversees. The Federal Housing Finance Agency, now under the direction of William Pulte, placed 35 unionized employees on administrative leave…
Elon Musk is bringing back his most controversial gambit from the 2024 presidential election: paying voters as part of a plan to identify and turn out conservative-leaning ones. The super PAC that Mr. Musk founded to funnel his fortune into Republican causes, America PAC, said on Thursday that it was offering $100 to registered voters…
The Trump administration sent a new group of migrants to the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on Thursday to await deportation, claiming that they may have ties to a Venezuelan gang, according to officials with knowledge of the operation. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement charter flight from El Paso transported about 20 people,…
In highlighting the Trump administration’s efforts to defend Elon Musk’s flagship company, Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday cited past arrests of people charged with trying to torch Tesla products. Announcing what she described as severe charges against people in Colorado, South Carolina and Oregon, Ms. Bondi said in a news release: “Let this be…
The newly appointed head of one of the nation’s top housing regulators is moving quickly to reshape not only the agency but also Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two government-controlled mortgage finance giants he oversees. The Federal Housing Finance Agency, now under the direction of William Pulte, placed 35 unionized employees on administrative leave…
Representative Elise Stefanik, Republican of New York, is set to be released from the House on April 2 and head toward a confirmation vote to serve as ambassador to the United Nations, after weeks of waiting to join President Trump’s cabinet. Senate Republicans have been slow-walking Ms. Stefanik’s confirmation because of the too-tight margins in…
