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Jay Powell defends Federal Reserve’s authority over US monetary policy
February 11, 2025
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the worldJay Powell has defended the Federal Reserve’s authority over...

Can Elon Musk shut down a federal agency? Yes, if presidential rule replaces constitutional governance
February 4, 2025
WASHINGTON — Can Elon Musk close a federal agency, send its employees home and halt spending programs that were approved by Congress?Yes, at least for now. That question and answer have...

Republicans defend Trump's authority to freeze federal funding but have questions on implementation
January 28, 2025
Senate Republicans on Tuesday largely defended President Trump's authority to temporarily freeze disbursements of federal funding for a variety of grants and other assistance programs, but said they still...

Trump and Biden add to long, strange history of presidential pardons
January 27, 2025
All it took was a few strokes of the pen for Donald Trump and Joe Biden to add to a long, strange American tradition.The presidential pardon dates back to...

Syria’s Alawites, tainted by Assad, endure a fall from grace
January 23, 2025
DEIR SHMAYEL, Syria — In the mountains east of Syria’s Mediterranean coast, armed patrols root out Assad loyalists, masked gunmen monitor checkpoints and residents fret every strange face could be...

Opinion: The limits of an imperial presidency
January 8, 2025
Whatever Trump and his advisors say, I know he won’t be able to remake Washington easily and swiftly.President-elect Donald Trump is returning to the most powerful job in the...

Driver of exploding Cybertruck left letters of anguish: ‘I needed to cleanse my mind’
January 4, 2025
A Green Beret who drove an explosives-laden Tesla Cybertruck to Las Vegas and detonated its payload at Trump International Hotel left a suicide note saying the spectacle was intended...

A decorated Green Beret, a Cybertruck packed with explosives and a blast that rocked Las Vegas
January 3, 2025
A driver had rented a Tesla Cybertruck out of Colorado and appeared to arrive in Las Vegas around sunrise on New Year’s Day.Cameras showed the truck in Las Vegas...

FCC’s net neutrality rules struck down, in another blow to Biden administration
January 2, 2025
A federal appeals court on Thursday dealt a blow to President Biden’s Federal Communications Commission, striking down the agency’s hard-fought and long-debated open internet rules.The FCC had sought to...

Feds look for links between Cybertruck explosion and New Orleans attack, seek other suspects
January 2, 2025
Authorities are looking for possible connection between the attack in New Orleans that killed 15 and the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas,...