The Swedish ivy in the Oval Office — a fixture since at least the 1970s — was replaced with gold objects after Donald Trump ...

This wasn’t a slapdash decision. The bill, passed with bipartisan support, aimed to balance safety with fiscal reality. It brought back lifetime protection for presidents and first ladies—George W.

Dismissal notices went out Saturday to about 85 employees of 18F, a federal agency that works on improving government technology — effectively shutting down an office hailed a decade ago as Uncle ...

An authentic video depicts Obama announcing the "Campaign to Cut Waste" in 2011 — but that campaign differed from today's DOGE.

Elon Musk, the public face of the Department of Government Efficiency, shared a claim that said the initiative has roots in ...

Barack Obama clung to leadership of the Democratic Party after leaving the presidency, but Democrats may move on.

“I don’t know what they’re waiting for,” one former senior aide to Obama said. “The time isn’t when Trump ignores court rulings. The time is now.” Trump’s first month in office has ...

when Jimmy Carter returned the Resolute Desk to the Oval Office. Most recently, the Resolute Desk was used by Democratic former presidents Biden between 2021 and 2025 and Obama between 2009 and 2017.

Trump Administration Shutters Obama-Era Technology Office 18F Group’s projects included a US government single-login site Former Tesla engineer sends out email saying it’s noncritical ...