Jacob Bogage

Trump selected his own pick to lead the tax agency despite the fact that the current commissioner is partway through his five-year appointment.

The House and Senate haven’t yet agreed on which legislation to take up first next year under unified Republican control of Washington.

Allies of the president-elect discuss pulling funding from Chicago; mayor says the city is “not intimidated” by threats.

The Tesla executive and the former presidential candidate are meeting with staff and interviewing experts as they plan for massive federal cuts.

Biden asked Congress for $100 billion to respond to natural disasters and other emergencies, likely the president’s final domestic spending request as he prepares to leave office

Vivek Ramaswamy, Elon Musk’s partner at Donald Trump’s planned spending panel, suggested defunding programs that Congress no longer authorizes. Here are some of those.

The White House could challenge or seek to change a 1974 law that blocks presidents from choosing which programs to fund.

Some Democrats worry the bill could give the incoming Trump administration broad new power to leverage the IRS against nonprofit organizations seen as political opponents.

The president-elect promised to ‘save’ the social media app, which faces a deadline early next year to find a non-China-based owner.

With Republicans on cusp of unified control of Washington, Congress appears primed to extend federal funding well into President-elect Donald Trump’s term.