Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are struggling with a key question as they stare down a fast-approaching deadline to fund the government: How do they fund federal agencies that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to dismantle?

Growing calls among hard-line House conservatives to incorporate cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) into a developing government funding bill are complicating efforts to

The strategy could help satisfy hard-liners but alienate Democrats whose votes will be needed to fund the government.

The Social Security Administration has cut half of its outsourced information technology spending, slashing expenditures for private-sector contractors as part of an effort to keep full-time staff employed,

The move, one of countless cuts being made by Musk and DOGE since President Donald Trump's return to office, has elicited outrage from Democrats.

The Social Security Administration offered early retirements to employees in an effort to slash the workforce. Workers said it'll hurt beneficiaries.