I would support you to be spokesperson for the Pentagon,” Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal acidly told Pete Hegseth during ...

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Diamond speaks with leading economist Larry Summers about what to expect for the U.S. economy in 2025, the problems facing ...

In what appears to be yet another move to consolidate parts of the federal government, President Donald Trump has appointed ...

President Trump at an Oval Office press availability on Monday: "I think we have the finest people ever recruited for government. And you know what? You're starting to see that because we've done more ...

Conspiratorial loudmouth Rush Limbaugh painted liberal billionaire George Soros as a puppet master controlling then-President Barack Obama ... Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary, Scott Bessen ...

President Trump said the entity would focus on cutting government waste and slashing federal regulations, and he put tech ...

Obama’s efforts to spur recovery from the ... In January 2023, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced that the government hit its debt ceiling, the maximum amount of money that the ...

Bessent, a former hedge fund executive, was sworn in as treasury secretary last week ... into law in July 2010 by then-President Barack Obama. The agency said its purpose is to "increase ...

The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which refers to a cryptocurrency championed by Musk, was set up by Trump in ...