Elon Musk Suggests DOGE Team Will Scrutinize Social Security and Entitlement Spending
In an interview with Larry Kudlow, Elon Musk claimed that fraud in Social Security and other major programs was “the big one to eliminate.”
Immigration and Emigration
Undocumented Workers, Fearing Deportation, Are Staying Home
Fearing roundups, many immigrants are staying home. Construction, agriculture, senior care and hospitality employers say labor shortages will worsen.
Trump’s Policies Have Shaken a Once-Solid Economic Outlook
Economic forecasts have deteriorated in recent weeks, reflecting the upheaval from federal layoffs, tariff moves and immigration roundups.
Immigration Judges and Court Staff Take Payout Offers to Leave
The judges, who are part of the Justice Department, make decisions about asylum claims and have the power to order someone removed from the country.
Trump Administration Prepares to Revive and Expand Travel Bans
President Trump’s first-term policy grew out of his 2015 campaign call to bar Muslims from entering the country and evolved amid court battles.
What 6 Americans Thought of Trump’s Speech
For many reluctant Trump voters, there was a mixture of confidence, anxiety, hope and frustration — along with some anger directed at Congressional Democrats.
Read the Full Transcript of President Trump’s Speech to Congress
In a speech to Congress in his first weeks in office, the president laid out his vision to remake U.S. policy on the military, trade, immigration and foreign aid.
Mexico Gave Trump Much of What He Wanted. Tariffs Came Anyway.
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico took steps sought by President Trump, including sending troops to the border and cracking down on drug cartels. The tariffs went into effect anyway.
Lincoln Díaz-Balart, a ‘Free Cuba’ Republican in Congress, Dies at 70
The Florida scion of an anti-communist political family, he served in the House for 18 years at a time when Cuban Americans exerted peak influence on U.S. policies.
In Speech to Congress, Trump Is Expected to Boast About DOGE Cuts and Ukraine
Tuesday night’s address will be a remarkable return to a chamber that President Trump last addressed five years ago, before voters ousted him from office.