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‘Shadow government’? Billionaire Elon Musk’s grip on U.S. government spending raises questions
Billionaire Elon Musk was the focus of many in Washington this week, as his Department of Government Efficiency slashed at the federal bureaucracy.
There's Actually an Incredibly Easy Way for Elon Musk to Trim $2 Trillion of Government Spending: Cut Funding for Nuclear Weapons
Easy As Pie Can we all agree that nuclear warfare is bad? Yes? Well, do we have an easy way that Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency can do their jobs Instead of gutting education and health agencies,
Politico pays employees late; staffers believe Elon Musk’s crackdown on government spending played a role
Politico staffers received their bi-weekly direct deposits late this week, irking staffers who believe Elon Musk’s crackdown on government spending played a role in the late payment.
Elon Musk's assault on government
Elon Musk now has access to the $6-trillion U.S. federal payment system, and has other government departments in his crosshairs. Is the richest man in the world launching a soft takeover of the U.S. government?
Elon Musk’s D.O.G.E achieves tons of Democratic outrage, yet to cut billions in US govt spending
Mr. Elon Musk made a pretty bold promise five days ago, saying he was gonna be cutting $4 billion per day from US government spending from then until September. But so far, all he has managed to succeed at is a lot of Dem fury.
Elon Musk's Expanding Government Role 'Far Beyond' Appropriate, GOP Senator Warns
Maine, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee is among the first Republican lawmakers to openly express concerns over the growing influence of billionaire Elon Musk within the Trump administration and across federal agencies.
Trump spending freezes hits high-value investment projects
President Donald Trump's administration has placed holds on U.S. government grants to states and local communities as part of ...
List of What DOGE Has Cut From U.S. Government So Far
Trump and DOGE head Elon Musk are looking to make widespread cuts to federal agencies in the first month of Trump's ...
Are government-paid media subscriptions a ‘scandal’? That’s what Donald Trump is now asserting
Federal government payments for subscriptions to media outlets have become the latest target of President Donald Trump's ...
US government workers pressed to accept Trump buyout deal as deadline looms
By Tim Reid, Nathan Layne, David Shepardson and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration ramped up pressure on U.S. government workers on Thursday to accept a buyout offer ahead of ...
House Democrat: ‘I don’t contest’ DOGE will likely find ‘awful examples of wasteful spending’
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said Thursday he thinks President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) commission, ...
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What the data says about U.S. foreign aid
The $71.9 billion in foreign aid that the government spent in fiscal year 2023 works out to 1.2% of that year’s total federal spending.
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE’s Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was ...
Joe Rogan cheers Musk’s ‘business approach’ to government cuts
Podcast host Joe Rogan cheered on President Trump and Elon Musk’s “business approach” to cutting government spending through ...
US construction spending beats expectations in December
U.S. construction spending increased more than expected in December, boosted by single-family homebuilding, but high mortgage ...
Factbox - Trump spending freezes hits high-value investment projects
President Donald Trump's administration has placed holds on U.S. government grants to states and local communities as part of ...
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LA congresswoman demands answers on Elon Musk, DOGE
LA Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove is demanding answers after Elon Musk requested access to sensitive government records.