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This live coverage has ended. You can find the latest US politics news here. As Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk work zealously to slash tens of billions in federal spending by axing thousands of jobs and gutting some government agencies, Mu…
This blog is now closed. You can read our latest story hereThere has been reaction to Trump’s proposal for a “gold card” for wealthy foreigners (post 11.14am) which would give them the right to live and work in the US as well as a route to citizenship …
Order calls for ‘transformation’ in US spending on contracts, grants and loans by requiring centralized payment systemDonald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order meant to expand the power of Elon Musk’s governmental cost-cutting program, the so…
Special adviser showed instinctive feel for authoritarianism as he addressed the president’s first full cabinet meetingOn Tuesday, just over a mile from the White House, the classicist Mary Beard spoke to an audience about Roman emperors. “An autocrat …
Dozens of demonstrators laid down in government office building to warn against dismantling foreign aid agencyFired USAid employees and advocates for people with HIV staged a protest in a Capitol office building on Wednesday, warning that Donald Trump’…
CNN’s Dana Bash and Daniel Dale had their hands full as they fact-checked some of President Donald Trump’s remarks during the first Cabinet meeting of his second term Wednesday.”There was just so much in this Cabinet meeting,” Dale said. “So, let me …
Trump’s budget chief and head of personnel management direct bosses to provide detailed plans by 13 MarchUS government agency heads have been given a 13 March deadline to produce a plan for drastically slashing the federal workforce as Donald Trump rei…
‘Wall of receipts’ drops five largest savings claimed by ‘department of government efficiency’ after debunkingUS politics live – latest updatesWhen Elon Musk’s cost-cutting drive, the so-called “department of government efficiency (Doge), posted its “w…
Users of president’s own social media site criticise video showing reimagined Gaza featuring Trump and Israeli PM sipping cocktailsDonald Trump is facing a backlash on his Truth Social platform after sharing an AI-created video of him sipping cocktails…
Workers at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fear crackdown will have global falloutThe Trump administration has set its sights on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), the US’s pre-eminent climate research agency, w…