I’m Nicholas Kristof. I’m an opinion columnist for The New York Times. I’ve been covering the world since the 1980s, and I ...

This story was updated to add comments. President Trump addressed Congress Tuesday night touting his accomplishments in his first 6 weeks in office and promising to continue his "America First ...

In the wake of USAID’s shuttering by billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, those familiar with USAID’s work have ...

One of the many tax cuts Republicans are considering extending for the wealthy in their reconciliation bill is an estate tax ...

After the recent election in Germany, the next chancellor is expected to be center-right leader Friedrich Merz. What will his ...

Congressional Democrats had been worried DOGE and billionaire Elon Musk, who is classified as a "special government employee," had their eyes set on NOAA for deep cuts. Former NOAA officials told ...

"We are mad scientists," the crowd chanted as speakers shared their outrage over the recent cuts made to the medical field. "It's about whether people live and die. These cuts mean cancer patients ...

Travis Gettys is a senior editor for Raw Story based in northern Kentucky. He previously worked as a web editor for WLWT-TV and a contributing writer for the Kentucky Enquirer, and he also wrote ...

The Social Security contract snafu is just the latest example of confusion spread by Musk and DOGE as they boast of big cuts that vanish upon closer inspection. On Monday, in response to ...

instead of actually cutting the Defense Department’s $850 billion annual budget. For example, the Pentagon is already spending more money on the Trump administration’s efforts at the southern ...

White House officials are considering severe cuts to the military budget in coming years. Any proposed cuts would fall to the Republican-led Congress to approve. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP ...