It Is Happening Every Day, Every Where
Most of Elon Musk’s associates at the Department of Government Efficiency have kept a low profile. Democrats have repeatedly criticized his effort to shrink the federal government, warning that critical services will be cut.
The tactics on display in the arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk were not new — plainclothes officers, faces obscured — but as ICE actions ramp up, scrutiny may increase.
Many of the people serving in the administration do not have decades of experience in government, or deep knowledge of its rules and why they exist, former officials say.
California banned affirmative action decades ago. The Trump administration says it plans to investigate whether schools there are still considering race.
In the Trump era, the definition of an official secret depends on whatever works best for the president.
David Geier has been hired as a senior data analyst at H.H.S. According to several people, he will examine any potential links between vaccines and autism that were debunked long ago.
With sweeping auto levies, the president is putting his beliefs about tariffs into practice on the global economy. Economists aren’t optimistic.
The military takes extraordinary measures to keep combat operations secret, cutting off outside communications for service members before launching an attack.
The president said he wanted the New York Republican to stay in Congress to bolster the party’s slim House margin and protect her seat.