4 d. ago Newborn baby found decapitated and dismembered in rubbish bin as waste worker makes horror discovery

The baby's remains were found in several plastic bags in a recycling centre in Madrid. A worker at the rubbish plant in Loeches was shocked to make the horrific discovery

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3 w. ago US supreme court rules Doge can access social security data during legal challenge

Key player in Trump’s drive to slash federal workforce keeps access to sensitive records including family court and mental health recordsThe US supreme court on Friday permitted the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), a key player in Donald Trump’s drive to slash the federal workforce, broad access to the personal information of millions of Americans in Social Security Administration data systems while a legal challenge plays out.At the request of the justice department, the justices put on hold Maryland-based US district judge Ellen Hollander’s order that had largely blocked Doge’s access to “personally identifiable information” in data such as medical and financial records while litigation proceeds in a lower court. Hollander found that allowing Doge unfettered access likely would violate a federal privacy law. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Supreme Court allows DOGE team to access Social Security systems with data on millions of Americans

The Supreme Court is clearing the way for the Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans

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3 w. ago Marjorie Taylor Greene accused of assembling ‘rogues’ gallery’ to attack NGOs

Congressional Integrity Project calls Wednesday hearing led by Greene ‘political theater’ and exercise in hypocrisyThe far-right congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has assembled a “rogues’ gallery of extremists, conspiracy theorists and C-team political operatives” to promote Donald Trump’s crackdown on non-government organisations (NGOs), a congressional watchdog has claimed.The House of Representatives’ Delivering on Government Efficiency (Doge) subcommittee, chaired by Greene, is due to hold a hearing on Wednesday entitled “Public Funds, Private Agendas: NGOs Gone Wild”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Jon Stewart roasts Elon Musk over spectacular fall from grace at the White House

John Stewart roasted Elon Musk as 'one of America's least efficient government workers' in a blistering monologue on Monday as the billionaire's time in the White House came to an end.

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3 w. ago DOGE promised to make government more efficient. Workers say they are wasting more time than ever

Ataffers at 19 agencies revealed how red tape brought in by DOGE has instead resulted in delays for the most basic transactions

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4 w. ago Even Trump started to doubt Musk and DOGE’s promise to cut $1 trillion, report claims: ‘Was it bulls***?’

President reportedly expressed skepticism about Elon Musk's pledge to slash government spending

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4 w. ago Trump praises Elon Musk for ‘colossal change’ as Doge adviser says farewell

US president presents top ally with golden key as Musk says Doge unit ‘will only grow stronger over time’Donald Trump saw Elon Musk off from the White House on Friday, as the Tesla chief concluded his more than four months leading the so-called department of government efficiency’s disruptive foray into federal departments that achieved far fewer cost savings than expected.Standing alongside Trump in the Oval Office, Musk, who faced a 130-day limit in his tenure as a special government employee that had ended two days prior, vowed that his departure “is not the end” of Doge. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Trump says Musk to remain ‘friend and adviser’ as Tesla chief grilled on reported drug use and black eye – US politics live

US president praises Musk’s ‘tireless’ work as he leaves so-called department of government efficiencyMusk allegedly took large amounts of drugs while advising Trump – reportThe Republican nominee for governor of Virginia has recently tried to distance herself from her longstanding, hardline anti-abortion record, declining recently to state whether she would support any restrictions on abortion access if she is elected to lead the state this fall. But her record reveals a candidate staunchly opposed to the procedure.Winsome Earle-Sears, now the state’s lieutenant governor, supported a 15-week abortion ban and has previously said she wants to make abortion illegal in almost all cases. In audio obtained by the Guardian, Earle-Sears also suggested an equivalence between consenting to sex and consenting to pregnancy. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Elon Musk reveals truth behind his shocking black eye at White House farewell

Tesla founder Elon Musk sparked concern today after he was seen with a black eye in the Oval Office while bidding Donald Trump farewell as head of the Department of Government Efficiency

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4 w. ago Musk says black eye came from his son’s punch as he sports shiner during Oval Office meeting with Trump

The press conference officially marked the end of his time as a special government employee heading up the Department of Government Efficiency

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4 w. ago Mystery over Elon Musk’s black eye as he joins Trump in Oval Office for goodbye event

The press conference officially marked the end of his time as a special government employee heading up the Department of Government Efficiency

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4 w. ago Elon Musk allegedly took large amounts of drugs including ketamine while advising Trump – report

Doge head at times took dissociative daily, along with ecstasy and psychedelic mushroom use, according to NYTUS politics live – latest updatesElon Musk engaged in extensive drug consumption while serving as one of Donald Trump’s closest advisers, taking ketamine so frequently it caused bladder problems and traveling with a daily supply of approximately 20 pills, an investigation from the New York Times revealed.The world’s richest man regularly consumed ketamine, ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms during his rise to political prominence, anonymous sources familiar with his activities told the Times. His drug use reportedly intensified as he donated $275m to Trump’s presidential campaign and later wielded significant power through his role spearheading the “department of government efficiency”, or Doge. Continue reading...

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last month The chaos Elon Musk and Doge are leaving behind in Washington

Though the billionaire vowed modernization and efficiency, what’s left is a trail of uncertainty and reduced functionalityElon Musk formally exited his role in the Trump administration on Wednesday night, ending a contentious and generally unpopular run as a senior adviser to the president and de facto head of the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge). Though he promised efficiency and modernization, Musk leaves behind a trail of uncertainty and reduced functionality.The timing of Musk’s departure lines up with the end of his 130-day term limit as a “special government employee” but also plays a part in an effort by the billionaire to signal a wider shift away from Washington as he faces backlash from the public and shareholders. Musk has recently made a show of refocusing his efforts on his tech companies in interviews, saying that he has spent too much time focused on politics and plans to reduce his political spending in the future. Continue reading...

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last month Elon Musk breaks silence on rumours of 'fall out' with Donald Trump after leaving DOGE

SpaceX mogul, Elon Musk, has broken his silence on his alleged "falling out" with Donald Trump after stepping down from his role as a Special Government Employee in the Department of Government Efficiency

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last month Stephen Miller’s wife leaves the White House to work for Elon Musk ‘full time’

Kate Miller was working as an adviser for Elon Musk at the Department of Government Efficiency

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last month Musk gives parting message to Trump as he officially quits DOGE after blasting new spending bill

Elon Musk has officially quit the Department of Government Efficiency and bid farewell to the White House just one day after he publicly split with President Donald Trump.

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