13 h. ago The full truth about Elon Musk's DOGE exit revealed by White House insiders: Why Trump is 'highly disappointed'... and 'Ice Maiden' Susie Wiles's relentless vendetta

Politico, citing four anonymous 'Trump insiders,' wrote that President Donald Trump and Musk had 'decided' that the 53-year-old billionaire entrepreneur will soon 'be stepping back'...

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19 h. ago Elon Musk reportedly to step down from lead Trump role as service limit nears

Insiders say Musk will leave soon, when 130-day cap on government service expires but ‘Doge’ team set to continueElon Musk’s polarizing stint slashing and bashing federal bureaucracy will probably soon end, with the world’s richest person’s government service hitting its legal limit in the coming weeks.“He’s got a big company to run at some point he’s going to be going back,” Donald Trump told reporters on Monday. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Trump has told Cabinet members that Musk will step back to ‘supporting role’ soon

Musk’s designation as a ‘special government employee’ is set to expire in late May or early June

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22 h. ago Elon Musk dramatically steps down from DOGE in shock move after Trump expressed private doubts

President Donald Trump has told his Cabinet and inner circle that Elon Musk is stepping back from his government role.

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22 h. ago Donald Trump tells cabinet Elon Musk will leave top government role 'soon'

Musk has been heading up the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) taskforce since Trump returned to office in January.

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42 h. ago Trump administration guts mine safety and reproductive health divisions in sweeping HHS cuts

The Health and Human Services has begun an overhaul of its 28 divisions despite concerns about public safety

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42 h. ago Social Security Administration probes origin of website portal outage

The Social Security Administration says it is investigating the root cause of website outages that have affected the “my Social Security” portal where recipients access their benefits

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2 d. ago A DOGE employee is put in charge of the US Institute of Peace, a court filing alleges

A court filing says an official allied with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has been put in charge of the U.S. Institute of Peace, a congressionally funded think tank targeted by President Donald Trump for closure

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4 d. ago Striving for efficiency is all very well, but it leaves no time to live | Eva Wiseman

Efficiency slices and barges its way through delicate structures, leaving the most vulnerable flailingA recent Apple update saw people waking up to their emails summarised for efficiency, thus creating light uproar, amusement and a series of small domestic mysteries to be untangled on the bus. A man in America shared a message from his mum, who’d told him, “That hike almost killed me.” Unfortunately, he’d read the summary first: “Attempted suicide, but recovered and hiked in Redlands.” Another Apple user opened his phone to find himself, in summary, dumped: “Not feeling romantic spark; apologises for ending things.”I find myself today, against efficiency. I find myself against efficiency at a time when inefficiency is framed as, if not yet criminal then certainly immoral. Since Elon Musk attached himself to the Trump campaign, his Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) has been gutting the federal government in the same way he did with Twitter, slashing contracts, getting rid of...

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4 d. ago Protesters rebelling against Elon Musk's purge of US government swarm Tesla showrooms

Crowds protesting billionaire Elon Musk’s purge of the U.S. government under President Donald Trump began amassing outside Tesla dealerships throughout the U.S. Saturday in the latest attempt to dent the fortune of the world’s richest man

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5 d. ago Appeals court clears way for DOGE to keep operating at USAID

A federal appeals court has lifted an order blocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from further cuts at the U.S. Agency for International Development

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6 d. ago Elon Musk reveals plans to 'ditch Trump' and quit Washington D.C. after DOGE purge

Elon Musk has been a key figure of Donald Trump's second presidency and has been leading the Department of Government Efficiency in purging federal departments of so-called 'waste'

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7 d. ago Trump names ‘first buddy’ and DOGE leader Elon Musk to investigate Signal blunder

Musk offered ‘his technical experts’ to help investigate how a journalist was added to a group chat with national security officials

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8 d. ago NASA terminating $420 million in contracts not aligned with its new priorities

Space agency reportedly being pushed to focus on Mars, a priority of commercial partner SpaceX founder Elon Musk

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9 d. ago Elon Musk’s estranged daughter responds to his tweet calling her ‘dead’

Vivian Wilson responded to her father with a famous line from ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’

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9 d. ago Judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive information at US agencies

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing people’s private data at the Education Department, the Treasury Department and the Office of Personnel Management

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1 week ago ‘The authoritarian playbook’: Trump targets judges, lawyers and law itself

Attacks on key US institutions seek to stifle dissent, exact revenge and subordinate them to the president, experts sayNever miss global breaking news. Download our free app to keep up with key stories in real time.As Donald Trump aggressively seeks revenge against multiple foes in the US, he’s waging a vendetta using executive orders and social media against judges, law firms, prosecutors, the press and other vital American institutions to stifle dissent and exact retribution.Legal scholars say the president’s menacing attacks, some of which Trump’s biggest campaign backer, the billionaire Elon Musk, has echoed, are aimed at silencing critics of his radical agenda and undercut the rule of law in authoritarian ways that expand his own powers. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump ramps up attacks on judges after week of rulings to slow down his agenda: Live updates

Trump has launched attacks on federal judges who have ruled against the administration’s attempt to enact the president’s agenda at a breakneck pace

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1 week ago Experts say US weather forecasts will worsen as DOGE cuts balloon launches

With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations

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1 week ago Trump pulls security clearances for Biden family, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, among others: Live updates

As backlash over billionaire Elon Musk’s role in administration grows, president says he was at Pentagon on DOGE cost-cutting business, not to see secret plans for combat with China as reports said

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