Elon Musk's baseless claims about Social Security seem designed to undermine trust so that he can implement cuts.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer relented Thursday rather than risk a government shutdown, announcing ...

Government shutdown deadlines — and even full-on shutdowns — aren’t new for Washington, but this time, with federal funding ...

The degree to which Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s interests are intertwined is unprecedented—and ultimately unsustainable.

Schumer's commitment comes a day after the top Senate Democrat said “Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate.” ...

WASHINGTON – It's a bad week to be a Senate Democrat.

As of Wednesday night, it looked like a path was emerging whereby Senate Democrats would abandon plans to filibuster the ...

With funding set to run out at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, several more Senate Democrats remain non-committal while others publicly ...

Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk has wanted a government shutdown in part because it would potentially make it easier to ...

Senate Democrats remained tight-lipped on Thursday after meeting on the fast-approaching government funding deadline.

Republicans in government are hard at work refashioning federal spending through three major efforts, proceeding along ...