How ‘mandatory’ is mandatory spending?  Mandatory spending programs run on autopilot until Congress passes a rule change and the president signs it into law. So they are a bit more protected than ...

Trump over the weekend called for Musk to be more aggressive in his cost-cutting crusade through the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, and posted a meme on social media mocking ...

The pushback from appointees of President Donald Trump marked a new level of chaos and confusion within the beleaguered ...

U.S. government workers who have been buffeted by President Donald Trump's chaotic return to power face more uncertainty on ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become the next Chancellor at a time of great tumult at home and abroad, writes John Kampfner.

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor after his centre-Right Christian Democratic Union [CDU] party won ...

Elon Musk has said that Social Security benefits could increase as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues ...