The chief executive of the private equity group that yielded a roughly $800 million profit from its investment in Steward Health Care is set to face the US Senate soon in his bid to serve as a top official at...
The presence of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting task force, the Department of Government Efficiency, at the IRS is sparking fresh concerns from Democratic lawmakers about the safety of taxpayer information, and whether the group’s work could cause delays in taxpayers receiving...
Top Senate Democrats are demanding the Trump administration reveal whether its federal hiring freeze has impacted national security operations, Axios has learned. Why it matters:Democrats on Capitol Hill are still trying to wrap their arms around the extent of President...
Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are introducing legislation early next week that would simplify math error notices that the IRS sends to taxpayers. The corrections made by the IRS frequently reduce taxpayers’ refunds. But Warren, Cassidy, the...
Two government watchdogs have opened inquiries related to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s decision to allow associates of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team to access the federal government’s systems that control trillions of dollars of payments. Loren Sciurba, Treasury’s...
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is seeking access to troves of sensitive taxpayer data at the IRS, two people familiar with the inner workings of the plan who were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly told The Associated...
After senior U.S. military officials told Congress they do not know yet how much the surge of active-duty military forces to the southern border with Mexico and the buildup of infrastructure to house thousands of migrants at Guantanamo might end...
Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren is calling on billionaire Elon Musk to publicly release his financial disclosure forms, which would detail any potential conflicts of interest as he rapidly reshapes the federal government. Warren, alongside Democratic Senators Adam Schiff and Richard...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the former heart surgeon who rose to prominence dispensing dubious medical advice on TV, is expected to appear before the Senate’s Committee on Finance this month for hearings on his nomination to lead the Centers for Medicare...
Democratic lawmakers are pushing for the federal government to better regulate anti-abortion centers, facilities that seek to dissuade people from terminating their pregnancies, The 19th is first to report. The Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation (SAD) Act will be reintroduced Thursday by...
Key Democrats are calling on the heads of the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and others to safeguard the sensitive data they hold after the Trump administration threw one of the nation’s banking regulators into turmoil. In their...
In a strongly worded letter, US Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday demanded clarity from the heads of the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation on the funding status of the two agencies, after a judge...