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President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to reporters near a red Model S Tesla vehicle on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Washington. (Pool via AP)

Trump’s public claims that DOGE is ‘headed by Elon Musk’ are coming back to haunt him as his administration tries to claim Tesla boss is merely an adviser

By Chris Megerian, Lindsay Whitehurst, and others

People rally on 14th St NW in support of fired USAID workers during a protest, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, by the USAID headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

DOGE’s USAID teardown probably violates the Constitution, judge rules as he blocks Musk’s group from making further cuts to the agency

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Michael Kunzelman, and others

FILE – The Supreme Court at sunset in Washington, Feb. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. gunmakers for fueling cartel violence gets its day in the Supreme Court

By Lindsay Whitehurst and The Associated Press

Elon Musk wields a chainsaw

Federal workers sue over Elon Musk’s threat to fire them if they don’t explain their accomplishments

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Chris Megerian, and others

Elon Musk Joins President Trump For Signing Executive Orders In The Oval Office

Are Elon Musk’s sweeping DOGE cuts illegal? For the most part, judges say no

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Chris Megerian, and others

President Donald Trump walks from the Oval Office to departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to permit the firing of the head of the agency that protects whistleblowers

By Mark Sherman, Lindsay Whitehurst, and others

People rally against the policies of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Federal judge clears key hurdle for Trump and Musk’s government employee buyout plan

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Chris Megerian, and others

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as Elon Musk listens in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

Appeals court hands Trump administration another loss, ruling it can’t reinstate freeze on billions in federal grants

By Lindsay Whitehurst and The Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One as he prepares to sign a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 Gulf of America Day as he travels from West Palm Beach, Fla. to New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Federal judge orders Trump administration to ‘immediately’ unfreeze funding after finding it disobeyed previous order

By Lindsay Whitehurst and The Associated Press

FILE – Elon Musk listens as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Judge has concerns about Musk’s DOGE but won’t immediately block its access to Labor Department records

By Lindsay Whitehurst and The Associated Press

People protest against a funding freeze of federal grants and loans following a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding near to the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Trump federal funding freeze temporarily blocked by federal judge

By Chris Megerian, Lindsay Whitehurst, and others

382724 01: Three RU-486 Mifeprex abortion pills are held in a hand December 1, 2000 in Granite City, Illinois. The Hope Center for Women is the first area abortion clinic to distribute the new pills that terminates a pregnancy. The RU-486 pill was approved in September and can be taken by women up to the seventh week of pregnancy. The drug blocks the hormone that sustains the embryo and then unhooks it from the uterine wall. (Photo by Bill Grenblatt/Liaison)

Texas judge says 3 states can again challenge abortion pill access nationwide

By Geoff Mulvihill, Lindsay Whitehurst, and others

FILE – Former President Donald Trump waits for the start of proceedings in Manhattan criminal court, April 23, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool, File)

Trump asks the Supreme Court to call off sentencing in his New York hush money case

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Mark Sherman, and others

FILE – People stand on the steps of the Supreme Court at sunset in Washington, Feb. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Americans’ trust in judicial system and courts drops to a record low of 35%

By Lindsay Whitehurst and The Associated Press

Mark Meadows sits in front of a microphone, holding up his hand

Supreme Court rejects Mark Meadows’ plea to move his election-interference case to federal court, where he could argue he’s immune from prosecution

By Lindsay Whitehurst and The Associated Press