An Obama-appointed federal judge ordered Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to reveal its plans to downsize the government and to identify all its employees, among other actions.  The directives from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan come as 14 Democratic state attorneys general are suing President Donald Trump, Musk and DOGE, arguing that Musk is unconstitutionally wielding power, according to Politico. Chutkan gave Musk and DOGE...

Republicans are ramping up pressure on Senate Democrats ahead of a vote on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to keep the government open, even dubbing a potential funding lapse as a “Schumer shutdown.” “If they want to shut it down, it’s on them,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., told reporters. “That’ll be a Schumer shutdown.” Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., recently stressed this point in an op-ed for Fox...