Recording reveals new details on controversial DOGE employee
Less than three years before Elon Musk tapped him to help overhaul the US government, Edward Coristine, then 17, was the ...
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Trump Voter Tells CNN He Doesn’t Trust Elon Musk: ‘Can You Believe Any of That Crap?’
Voters across the country have expressed varying degrees of skepticism about the role GOP megadonor Elon Musk is playing in ...
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DOGE’s power expands as federal agencies start planning large-scale layoffs
The next stage of the Trump administration’s efforts to slash the federal workforce is underway.
What DOGE could gain by accessing your Social Security data
When people think of Social Security, they typically think of monthly benefits — for the roughly 69 million retirees, ...
How DOGE cracked Washington: A focus on arcane agencies gave Musk and his allies swift control of government nerve centers
Political appointees with deep ties to Musk now sit in key leadership positions across agencies that comprise the federal ...
DOGE’s request for IRS data systems access may pose risks to tax filers
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — the special entity created by President Donald Trump and run by Elon Musk to ...
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DOGE visits the IRS, putting staffers on edge
At least one member of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team visited the Internal Revenue Service offices in ...
Judge Chutkan rejects call from Democratic AGs for temporary restraining order blocking DOGE’s access to federal data
A federal judge declined on Tuesday to temporarily block Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency from accessing ...
Social Security head steps down over DOGE access of recipient information, sources say
The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner has stepped down from her role at the agency over Department of ...
How a mid-level staffer rose to oversee the Social Security Administration within days
Leland Dudek, a mid-level career employee at the Social Security Administration, posted on LinkedIn that he was placed on administrative leave for cooperating with Elon Musk’s Department of Government ...
Here’s Where Trump’s Government Layoffs Are—FEMA, IRS, TSA And More
The Trump administration reportedly asked FEMA officials to produce a list of employees that could be targeted for ...
What to know about Ed Martin, the right-wing activist Trump tapped to be DC’s top prosecutor
While Trump administration officials were preparing to install a seasoned conservative lawyer as the top prosecutor in ...