Trump administration

Trump's Small Business Administration told probationary staff members it had mistakenly sent them termination notices, then informed some of them the next day they were fired after all.

Automakers are lobbying against lawmakers immediately ending popular electric-vehicle tax credits that President Trump has railed against.

The tariffs will apply widely to all U.S. imports of steel and aluminum, including from Canada and Mexico, among the country's top foreign suppliers of the metals.

Cost-cutting initiatives pushed by President Trump have turned their focus to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where spending on consultants faces scrutiny.

Elon Musk will dispatch a team to gain read-only access to the government's central accounting system.

Bessent said the Internal Revenue Service would be largely spared from DOGE's cost-cutting — at least until after the April 15 filing deadline.

In just two weeks as Treasury chief, Scott Bessent has seen plenty of turbulence.

The head of the National Treasury Employees Union calls the move a "bait-and-switch."

When Elon Musk's team gained access to the computer network where data of nearly every American is stored, it caused alarm across the country.

The last Trump administration placed limits on new federal regulations, and it seems reasonable to expect more of the same.