11 h. ago Moaning federal workers make disgusting discoveries as they return to office after Trump ended WFH

Thousands of federal workers who were forced to return to their offices after President Donald Trump ended work from home options have made some disgusting discoveries.

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23 h. ago Musk’s Doge gains access to federal payroll system despite staff warnings

Officials said accessing system that processes 276,000 employees’ salaries could put unit at risk of cyber-attacksMembers of Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) reportedly gained access to a payroll system over the weekend that processes salaries for about 276,000 federal employees across various government agencies, despite warnings from senior staff about the potential risks.According to two people familiar with the situation who spoke with the New York Times, Doge employees had spent about two weeks trying to obtain administrative access to the program, known as the Federal Personnel and Payroll System. Continue reading...

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24 h. 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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69 h. ago Protests hit Tesla dealerships across the world in challenge to Elon Musk

From Australia to Europe and the US, demonstrators rallied against carmaker’s dismantling of US federal governmentThousands of people worldwide protested Elon Musk and his efforts with Donald Trump to dismantle the US federal government on Saturday, with rallies held in front of nearly every Tesla showroom in the US and many around the world – a concerted effort to go after the billionaire’s deep pockets as the CEO of the electric vehicle maker.Protest organizers asked people to do three things: don’t buy a Tesla, sell off Tesla stock and join the “Tesla Takedown” movement. Continue reading...

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2 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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3 d. ago Reform UK echoes Trump with ‘make Britain great again’ aired at election launch

Nigel Farage said he wanted to create a British form of Doge, a US cost-cutting programme led by Elon Musk.

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3 d. ago Here’s how much Trump may slash the workforce in various agencies

Despite the cuts, the proposed savings by firing federal workers barely puts a dent in the $1.8 trillion Trump and Musk want to save

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3 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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3 d. ago Organizers accuse Trump of trying to silence federal workers with union order

Union leaders say president is union-busting as he seeks to eliminate collective bargaining across agenciesUS politics live – latest updatesUnion leaders have accused Donald Trump of union-busting in a “blatant” attempt to silence them after the president stepped up his attacks on government unions on Thursday, signing an executive order that attempts to eliminate collective bargaining for hundreds of thousands of federal workers.The order limits the departments and classifications of federal workers who can organize a union and instructs the government to stop engaging in any collective bargaining. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago DOGE team says government should be like the Apple store in their first steps out of Musk’s shadow

ANALYSIS: Musk tried to present a more professional face to DOGE in a softball interview. But his claims still don’t stand up to scrutiny, Richard Hall writes.

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4 d. ago We must liberate our brilliant entrepreneurs to stop this disastrous economic stall

The flatlining of the economy isn’t just sad; it’s a complete disaster

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4 d. ago Donald Trump moves to end union rights for many government agency employees – US politics live

White House signs executive order limiting numerous federal workers from unionisingTrump news at a glance: judge orders now-infamous Signal chat be retainedFor beleaguered and divided congressional Democrats desperate to find an effective line of attack against Donald Trump, news that the US president’s national security team discussed plans to bomb Yemen on a widely available messaging app in the presence of a journalist came at just the right time.The leak has put the White House and the Republicans on the defensive, generated multiple days of aggressive media coverage and forced top officials to publicly twist themselves in knots as they seek to explain – or downplay – the blunder. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Musk tells grandmothers not to worry about Social Security and insists only DOGE can save America

ANALYSIS: Musk tried to present a more professional face to DOGE in a softball interview. But his claims still don’t stand up to scrutiny, Richard Hall writes.

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4 d. ago Elon Musk and his DOGE nerds reveal bombshell plans to turn government into an Apple store 'experience'

Elon Musk and his DOGE nerds revealed on Thursday plans to turn the U.S. government into an 'Apple store-like experience,' in their first joint sit-down interview, with Fox News ' Bret Baier.

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4 d. ago Musk defends Doge on Fox News with false claims: ‘Almost no one has gotten fired’

Doge members, including Airbnb co-founder, aired their vision for federal government to be ‘Apple Store-like’Elon Musk and seven members of his so-called “department of government efficiency” sat down for a rare interview on Thursday evening on Fox News, defending their efforts amid public backlash and concern over cuts to key government agencies.Over the course of an hour-long sit down with host Bret Baier, Musk and team members repeatedly attempted to assuage fears over Doge’s targeting of agencies such as the Social Security Administration. Musk also downplayed the number of government employees his initiative has targeted in cuts, saying it was a small percentage of the overall government workforce and others left voluntarily. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Musk defends Doge and cuts on Fox News: ‘Almost no one has gotten fired’

Doge members, including Airbnb co-founder, aired their vision for federal government to be ‘Apple Store-like’Elon Musk and seven members of his so-called “department of government efficiency” sat down for a rare interview on Thursday evening on Fox News, defending their efforts amid public backlash and concern over cuts to key government agencies.Over the course of an hour-long sit down with host Bret Baier, Musk and team members repeatedly attempted to assuage fears over Doge’s targeting of agencies such as the Social Security Administration. Musk also downplayed the number of government employees his initiative has targeted in cuts, saying it was a small percentage of the overall government workforce and others left voluntarily. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Elon Musk claims all those who complain about DOGE cuts are ‘fraudsters’

Musk says only ‘fraudsters’ should be concerned about his work cutting federal spending

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4 d. ago Elon Musk claims those who complain about DOGE cuts are ‘fraudsters’

He boasts he and DOGE are creating a ‘revolution’ bigger than the American Revolution

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5 d. ago Rep. Lauren Boebert employs a new tactic in order to avoid being grilled by constituents at town hall

MAGA firebrand sharply dismissed a constituent’s question about DOGE’s supposed ‘overreaching’ during the far-reaching townhall.

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5 d. ago Musk and DOGE’s ‘five things’ emails hit another hitch as the address federal workers were given stops working

The fault comes as Musk has branded himself and his DOGE team as White House ‘tech support’

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