Sherrod Brown Plans to Try for a Senate Comeback in Ohio

The former three-term senator is said to be running to get his old job back, delivering a recruitment coup for Democrats facing an uphill battle to win a Senate majority next year.

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How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy

The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies.

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Vivek Ramaswamy to Kick Off Run for Ohio Governor in Cincinnati

The former presidential candidate is seeking the top office in his home state after a brief stint on President Trump’s cost-cutting task force alongside Elon Musk.

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Musk Plan for Retooling Government Takes Shape, but Big Questions Loom

The rebranding of a former White House digital office into the new Department of Government Efficiency signals its potential limits, budget experts said.

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Ramaswamy Will Bow Out of DOGE and Run for Governor in Ohio

The billionaire decided he could not campaign while helping lead the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, but tensions with Elon Musk were also evident.

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Nonprofit Groups Sue Trump’s DOGE Moments After Oath

Their lawsuits said the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, President Trump’s cost-cutting operation, violated a law requiring federal advisory committees to include a balance of views.

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A Trump Oligarchy Is Moving to Washington, and Buying Up Prime Addresses

Billionaires and multimillionaires are flocking to a city where power has been more important than money, but is now deeply intertwined with it.

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DeWine Names Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to Fill JD Vance’s Senate Seat

Vivek Ramaswamy, who was also seen as a possible replacement for the vice president-elect, is widely expected to run for governor of Ohio instead.

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Vivek Ramaswamy Plans to Run for Ohio Governor

The entrepreneur will continue leading Donald J. Trump’s government efficiency project before turning his attention to a campaign.

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Two Watchdogs Were Rebuffed From Joining Trump’s Cost-Cutting Effort

“We have no room in our administration for Democrats,” a transition spokeswoman replied after good-government activists tried to join the president-elect’s new efficiency department.

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