90 m. ago US ‘deletes evidence’ of Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian children

Researchers at Yale University had been compiling database of alleged Russian war crimes, including abduction of up to 35,000 children

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13 h. ago DOGE's bitter blow after massive USAID shuttering is rejected as 'unconstitutional' by Obama

A U.S. judge has ordered the Trump administration and billionaire Elon Musk from further dismantling USAID as DOGE looks to make cuts across the federal government.

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14 h. ago Judge rules DOGE's USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development likely violated the Constitution and blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from further cuts

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23 h. ago Nasa cuts raise fears of handing more influence to SpaceX owner Musk

Fired workers warn cuts including closing of two offices will undermine agency work and increase costsThe Trump administration’s decision to shutter two offices at Nasa risks “dramatically” increasing the costs of space exploration, while handing Elon Musk more influence over the agency, fired workers have warned.Nasa’s office of technology, policy and strategy and office of the chief scientist provide independent analysis on key investments and strategies. Both are set to close, amid widespread cuts at the agency. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Tiny California town's fight for the right to exist as locals go to war with Elon Musk's DOGE executioners

San Francisco Presidio Trust responded to Donald Trump's executive order as the fight against Elon Musk's DOGE cuts continues.

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68 h. ago Democrats train fire on Musk as unelected billionaire dips in popularity

Leaders on left bet on Musk’s bravado to pull party out of political weeds as CEO eyes social security and health cutsFor most of the 17-minute interview, Elon Musk stuck to a script. He was just a tech guy on a mission to “eliminate waste and fraud” from government.His slash-and-burn cost-cutting crusade was making “good progress actually”, he told Fox Business commentator Larry Kudlow on Monday, despite sparking a backlash that has reverberated far beyond Washington. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago IRS workers 'paralyzed' by DOGE's massive cuts claim Elon Musk's budget busters are reshaping the agency

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has stormed into the IRS, slashing thousands of jobs, shutting down taxpayer assistance centers, and demanding access to sensitive taxpayer data.

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4 d. ago Elon Musk 'cuts' team trying to save kidnapped Ukrainian kids from Russia

Elon Musk's cuts to US government funding have halted the work of a Yale University team who have helped save hundreds of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, it has emerged

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4 d. ago Dems warn USPS agreement to slash workforce could have ‘catastrophic consequences for all Americans’

The U.S. Postal Service aims to cut the workforce by 10,000, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said

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5 d. ago Musk’s entitlement remarks show Trumpworld can’t keep its story straight | Austin Sarat

The billionaire foreshadows cuts to Medicare and social security – despite Trump’s campaign pledgesThe Trump administration is setting records and shattering norms in many ways, including in its almost daily policy flip-flops and rhetorical missteps. The latest started on Monday, when Elon Musk torched Trumpism by trumpeting the need to make cuts in federal entitlement programs.He did not clearly say whether or how those cuts would affect Medicaid, Medicare and social security benefits. But he was clear that those programs will be on his target list. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Judge orders immediate rehiring of fired US government workers

Ruling is latest setback for Elon Musk’s cost-cutting drive

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5 d. ago ‘Where’s Elon Musk?’ Democratic Rep angrily calls out missing ‘genius’ at DOGE hearing

A House committee hearing turned explosive when Connecticut Congressman John Larson blasted “genius” Elon Musk for not showing up to a hearing concerning the cuts he was overseeing through the Department of Government Efficiency.

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6 d. ago Elon Musk backs off reported plan to cut Social Security phone service after furious pushback

Elon Musk backed off his reported plot to cut off phone service for the public to the Social Security Administration following a hot cascade of criticism from Americans and their lawmakers.

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6 d. ago Elon Musk backs off reported plan to cut off Social Security phone service after furious pushback

Elon Musk backed off his reported plot to cut off phone service for the public to the Social Security Administration following a hot cascade of criticism from Americans and their lawmakers.

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6 d. ago Trump’s team has now shelved a $1 billion program designed to keep housing affordable

Halt to program that helps preserve affordable housing comes amid widespread cuts by Elon Musk’s DOGE department

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9 d. ago Meet the federal worker who went rogue: ‘I hope that it lights a fire under people’

To billionaire Elon Musk and his cost-cutting team at the Department of Government Efficiency, Karen Ortiz may just be one of many faceless bureaucrats

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1 week ago Trump picks sides in MAGA power struggle as Elon Musk drops his chainsaw and leaves federal cuts to Cabinet

Donald Trump appears to have settled a power struggle and told his Cabinet they have power to make cuts to government waste ahead of 'First Buddy' Elon Musk and DOGE.

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1 week ago Trump restrains Doge as concern mounts over scale of job losses

US cabinet told to ‘keep all the people you want’ in first sign of pushback against Elon Musk’s cost-cutting project

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1 week ago Trump restrains Elon Musk’s Doge as concern mounts over job losses

US cabinet told to ‘keep all the people you want’ in first sign of pushback against Elon Musk’s cost-cutting project

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2 w. ago Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring effect of Doge cuts

Howard Lutnick’s remarks echo Elon Musk, who says government spending doesn’t create value for US economyUS politics live – latest updatesHoward Lutnick, the US commerce secretary, said on Sunday that government spending could be separated from gross domestic product reports, in response to questions about whether the spending cuts pushed by billionaire businessman Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) could possibly cause an economic downturn.“You know that governments historically have messed with GDP,” Lutnick said on Fox News Channel’s Sunday Morning Futures. “They count government spending as part of GDP. So I’m going to separate those two and make it transparent.” Continue reading...

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