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Elon Musk, left, receives a chainsaw from Argentina’s President Javier Milei as they arrive speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

President Donald Trump backs Elon Musk as he roils the federal workforce with demands and threats

February 24, 2025 at 1:30 p.m.

President Donald Trump voiced support for Elon Musk's demand that federal employees explain their recent accomplishments by the end of Monday or risk getting fired.

Elon Musk arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Key agencies, including some led by Donald Trump loyalists, refuse to comply with Elon Musk’s latest demand

February 23, 2025 at 2:09 p.m.

Key U.S. agencies, including the FBI, State Department and the Pentagon, have instructed their employees not to comply with cost-cutting chief Elon Musk’s demand that federal workers explain what they...

Elon Musk hold a chainsaw as he arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md.

Elon Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week

February 22, 2025 at 7:52 p.m.

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week, sparking confusion across key agencies as billionaire...

ARCHIVO – El secretario de Transporte Pete Buttigieg habla en la Convención Nacional Demócrata, el 21 de agosto de 2024, en Chicago. (AP Foto/J. Scott Applewhite, Archivo)

Exsecretario de Transporte de EEUU podría ser el salvador del Partido Demócrata

February 20, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.

Algunos creen que el próximo salvador del Partido Demócrata vive aquí, cómodamente con su familia, en la relativa oscuridad de una pequeña ciudad a orillas del Lago Michigan. Pete Buttigieg...

ARCHIVO – Elon Musk escucha durante la reunión entre el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump y el primer ministro indio Narendra Modi en la Oficina Oval de la Casa Blanca, el jueves 13 de febrero de 2025, en Washington. (Foto/Alex Brandon, archivo)

Se espera que movimiento de protesta contra Musk se intensifique con el receso del Congreso

February 17, 2025 at 12:45 p.m.

Donald Trump es el presidente, pero el multimillonario Elon Musk es el foco para miles de activistas demócratas que lanzan una campaña de protesta esta semana para combatir el esfuerzo...

Newly elected Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin speaks after winning the vote at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Democrats elect Ken Martin, the party leader in Minnesota, as chair of the Democratic National Committee

February 1, 2025 at 1:17 p.m.

Democrats have elected Ken Martin, the party leader in Minnesota, to lead the national party.

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 20, 2025, following his inauguration. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

President Donald Trump, in his inaugural address, rips into the country’s past leaders and makes sweeping promises

January 20, 2025 at 8:13 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address sounded a lot like his first, with a sweeping indictment of the country he inherits and grand promises to fix its problems.

FILE – Democratic Party chair Jaime Harrison speaks during a rally for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at the Reno Events Center, Oct. 31, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/David Calvert, File)

The Democrats are starting to discuss party chair candidates for the second Trump era

November 9, 2024 at 2:35 p.m.

Democratic National Committee chairman Jaime Harrison is not expected to seek a second term, opening a job that must be filled by March 1, according to the party’s bylaws.

People attend an Arizona Democrats watch party on election night Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Democrats enter a Trump presidency without a plan or a clear leader

November 6, 2024 at 5:49 p.m.

After Kamala Harris’ decisive loss, Democrats enter a second Trump presidency with no clear leader, no clear plan and no agreement on what caused them to be so wrong about...

People watch screens showing poll results at a watch party hosted by the New York Young Republican Club in New York on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Donald Trump’s decisive victory in a deeply divided nation: 5 takeaways from the 2024 Election

November 6, 2024 at 5:41 a.m.

Donald Trump scored a decisive victory in a deeply divided nation. And in so doing, the Republican president-elect exposed a fundamental weakness within the Democratic base and beat back concerns...

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