The Social Security Administration is preparing to lay off at least 7,000 people from its workforce of 60,000 — and the final reduction in force number could be as high as 50%, according to two people ...
U.S. senators pulled an all-nighter Thursday into Friday, debating dozens of amendments to the chamber’s budget resolution ...
Gabe Whisnant is Deputy Weekend Editor at Newsweek based in South Carolina ... Brian Schatz and Ron Wyden speak about Elon Musk and DOGE at the U.S. Capitol on February 3, 2025.
Senators grilled Trump's health secretary pick over his 2019 Samoa trip, accusing him of downplaying his role in the epidemic.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced that the upper chamber will move forward with a vote on a budget proposal focused on border security, defense and energy.
Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana voted to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 's nomination for Health and Human Services secretary, giving him enough votes to clear the Senate Finance Committee ...
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Republicans and Democrats in Congress may be far apart on spending and tax cuts, but they’re working together to try to provide tax breaks for disaster victims. Their efforts have been motivated by ...
Trump is staying at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend and played golf with South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham ... In Trump's first term, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden has asked the White House to provide the ...
Oregon’s senior U.S. senator, Ron Wyden, is among the Democrats decrying those efforts and asking to secure taxpayer privacy. The people who spoke to the AP about the DOGE efforts requested ...