As dusk falls in Washington on Fridays, the firings begin

Mary Glantz was in her room at a Hampton Inn in Columbia, South Carolina, last Friday night during a trip visiting friends when her phone began pinging furiously with...

Signs of spring

Government contracting is an easy but elusive target

Justin Fox, Tribune News Service Of all the things Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is trying to do in Washington, putting the squeeze on government contractors is generating...

Democrats' win in Wisconsin court race is loss for Musk

Judge Susan Crawford preserved liberals’ narrow majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday by defeating conservative Brad Schimel, but in a way the real loser of the election...

Extra accessories

How my Tesla felt like a target for vandals, thanks to Trump

Count me in the ranks of those who have quit Tesla. Three years ago my wife and I bought a Model Y, Tesla’s small SUV. I was particularly intrigued...

Musk gives away two $1 million checks to Wisconsin voters in high profile judicial race

Billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday handed out million-dollar checks to two voters in Wisconsin and promised smaller payments to others who help elect a conservative candidate to the state's...

Wrong time to implement mandatory national service

There could not be a worse time to implement a required national service for young people. In a nation that has turned individual freedom into a fetish, such an...

In trouble

USAID ruling may be beginning of the end for Musk

A federal judge has held that Elon Musk and DOGE’s actions to shut down the US Agency for International Development likely violated the Constitution in “multiple ways.” US District...