Progress report

The clenched fist

As soon as he returned to the White House, Donald Trump suspended funding for all foreign assistance, creating confusion in the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and consternation...

Patel tells FBI staff to ignore Musk’s productivity email

Oliver O’Connell, The Independent Elon Musk’s email ultimatum to federal workers, sent as part of his supposedly unofficial role as the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency, is...

The all-knowing Musk

Musk says all US govt staff must justify their work or lose jobs

Elon Musk, the billionaire advisor to Donald Trump, said Saturday that all US federal employees must justify their work or lose their jobs, hours after the president pushed him...

Musk in action

VIDEO: Chainsaw-wielding Elon Musk savors Trump's return to White House

Elon Musk, who has bragged of putting US federal agencies 'into the woodchipper' as he slashes government spending, paraded a chainsaw on stage before American conservatives celebrating President Donald...

Trying to stand upright in lopsided times

Debra-Lynn B. Hook, Tribune News Service I surveyed my friends recently to find out what they’re doing to stay sane. “Screaming into a paper bag,” said a friend who...

Democrats wake up to start battling Trump and Musk

Doyle McManus, Tribune News Service A president’s first few weeks in office were once expected to be a “honeymoon,” a pleasant if brief period of bipartisanship and good feeling....