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As promised, the second Trump administration has quickly rolled out a slew of policies and executive orders that the president says are all aimed at “Making America Great Again.” This takes on different forms, including Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency quickly laying off thousands of workers at various federal…

During his address to Congress, Trump bragged and threatened that his administration “is just getting started”

Trump’s defense secretary ends a 1965 policy barring racial segregation from contract facilities

South Texas, once a region of moderate Democratic voters, is turning redder as officials switch parties, GOP gains ground and Musk donates in key races.

Held every year in the capital of conservative-leaning Texas, the South by Southwest festival increasingly celebrates the state's emergence as a technology hub stepping out of Silicon Valley's shadow.

US president says economy is in a “period of transition” amid uncertainty over his trade policies.

US president ducks question on whether he thinks the US will face a recession; watchdog fears US seeing a rapid decline in civic freedoms – key US politics stories from Sunday at a glance

Top energy industry figures converge on Houston this week for their biggest gathering since Donald Trump returned to the White House to champion fossil fuels and undo Joe Biden's climate legacy.

Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told cheering crowds Sunday that she is confident that her country has headed off the threat of US tariffs for now.

The Minnesota governor and former vice presidential candidate said Dems ran as if they were in the lead