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President also directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to solicit nominations for five additional high-level positions, which will be announced soon

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Dressed in his all-black 'Dark Gothic MAGA' hat, black coat, T-shirt and sunglasses, Elon Musk was going for the rock star look as he came on stage on Thursday night in Maryland .

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A federal judge in Manhattan has extended a ban on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency accessing sensitive Treasury Department information, but rejected broader restrictions sought by 19 Democratic state attorneys general who sued over the issue

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Trump’s rhetoric on Russia’s war on Ukraine continues to rile allies as reality of DOGE cuts begins to sink in at home

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Two women who have had children with Musk have been forced to make public pleas for him to respond to their messages

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Scottish Labour has become the latest political party to outline plans for a UK equivalent of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, as British politicians look to copy US president Donald Trump's policy of tackling government 'waste'.

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Asked at CPAC if he agreed that Volodymyr Zelensky was a dictator, special envoy Rick Grenell indicated that he did - after Elon Musk accused Ukraine's president of 'sending people to the meat grinder for money'

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Police and fire services were called out to the Wielkopolskie province after reports of an unidentified object in a forest area.

Technology

California Rep. Robert Garcia accused the DOJ of ‘silencing’ him for critical comments he made about Musk during an interview

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Case brought during Biden presidency accused space company of refusing, unlawfully, to hire certain immigrantsThe US Department of Justice on Thursday said it would drop a case accusing Elon Musk’s space technology company SpaceX of refusing to hire certain immigrants.The justice department last month signaled it could back away from the case, brought during Joe Biden’s term. Musk, a top adviser and donor to Donald Trump, is leading a commission tasked with identifying waste in the federal government, dubbed the “department of government efficiency”, or Doge. Continue reading...

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Case brought during Biden presidency accused space company of refusing, unlawfully, to hire certain immigrantsThe US Department of Justice on Thursday said it would drop a case accusing Elon Musk’s space technology company SpaceX of refusing to hire certain immigrants.The justice department last month signaled it could back away from the case, brought during Joe Biden’s term. Musk, a top adviser and donor to Donald Trump, is leading a commission tasked with identifying waste in the federal government, dubbed the “Department of Government Efficiency”, or Doge. Continue reading...

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SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk has called on NASA to destroy its $150 billion prized possession in a shocking statement.

Economics

President Donald Trump has been cutting probationary employees as part of his effort to downsize the federal workforce

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President invited to row back on criticism of Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky but instead doubles down, declaring: ‘He makes it very hard to make deals’

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The Trump administration’s proposal to layoff half of federal workers at the nation’s housing agency is targeting employees who support disaster recovery, rental subsidies, discrimination investigations and first-time homebuyers, according to two documents obtained by The Associated Press

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Marko Elez recently had ‘read/write’ access to massive Treasury Department database

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‘This shows a level of absolute incompetence in the firing process,” says Professor Don Moynihan

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The Scottish Labour leader said that he would create the department because of "the SNP's wasteful incompetence".

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Watch as Vladimir Putin speaks at an AI and technology forum in Moscow on Friday, 21 February.

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Senate Republicans approve spending plan that will pay for hardline immigration policies; mass layoffs get all-clear after judge lifts blockMass firings could cause ‘monumental’ bill, say expertsThe defense department will delay a plan to fire civilian employees on probation as it assess whether the move complies with the law and if it affects military readiness, CNN reports.The cuts were to be made as part of Donald Trump’s effort to dramatically downsize the federal government, which is being led by Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency”. Here’s more, from CNN:The pause comes after CNN reported on Wednesday that the mass terminations, which could affect over 50,000 civilian employees across the Pentagon, could run afoul of Title 10 section 129a of the US code. Following that report, Pentagon lawyers began reviewing the legality of the planned terminations more closely, the officials said.That law says that the secretary of defense “may not reduce the civilian workforce ...

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‘This shows a level of absolute incompetence in the firing process,” says Professor Don Moynihan

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Musk claimed without evidence Nasa’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were left stranded on orbital outpost for ‘political reasons’Elon Musk has become embroiled in a heated row with a Danish astronaut who criticised the tech billionaire’s claim that the former US president Joe Biden abandoned two American astronauts at the International Space Station on purpose.Andreas “Andy” Mogensen accused Musk of lying when he claimed in a Fox News interview alongside Donald Trump that Nasa’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were left stranded for “political reasons” by Biden. Continue reading...

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The social media site has seen its user numbers more than double between November and January as users continue to flee Elon Musk’s X.

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‘This Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake is terrible,’ joked one person

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‘It would be cool to do a live video walkthrough of Fort Knox!’ the Tesla billionaire, father of alleged 13, said on X

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Tesla is recalling more than 375,000 vehicles due to a power steering issue

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Grimes has publicly called on her former partner Elon Musk to urgently respond to her after she claimed he failed to communicate with her about their child's "medical crisis."

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Budget experts have weighed in as rumors swirl about $5000 checks being delivered to every taxpaying household

Economics

Nigel Farage heaped praise on Elon Musk in a speech at the right-wing Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in America on Thursday, 20 February, one month after the billionaire suggested he should stand down as leader of Reform UK.

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Mr Farage used a speech at a pro-Trump rightwing rally in the US to label the X owner a 'hero of free speech' for his efforts to deregulate the social media platform.

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Elon Musk waved a blinged-out chainsaw around on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, 20 February.

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Grimes claimed their child could ‘suffer life-long impairment’ as a result of their health problems in a panicked post

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Emma Loffhagen takes a look back at the tech billionaire’s storied relationship history

Politics

Watch live as Vladimir Putin speaks at an AI and technology forum in Moscow on Friday, 21 February.

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Elon Musk took to the stage last night and the world held its breath – from brandishing a chainsaw to struggling to speak, the billionaire concerned many fans with a supposed 'meltdown'

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Elon Musk waved a blinged-out chainsaw around on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, 20 February.

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Musk also threatened changes to Community Notes on X as Trump administration has sought to falsely portray Ukrainian president as a ‘dictator’

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Canadian calls out tech boss for not responding to messages

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The spiritual leader of the MAGA movement Steve Bannon, 71, made the gesture in front of crowds of Donald Trump fans at the Conservative Political Action Conference

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Germany’s leading political figures say Musk will face consequences for his endorsement of the country’s far-right party, Tom Watling and Alicja Hagopian write

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‘I’m baaaack! Did you miss me?’ joked the author

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President hailed at White House Black History Month event and from stage at CPAC by former adviser Steve Bannon with calls to run again in 2028 in defiance of the Constitution

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Elon Musk has increasingly used his social media platform X/Twitter to share outrage at figures who have made negative comments about himself and President Donald Trump

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The Mirror has been reporting from CPAC, the biggest gathering of the MAGA faithful, in Washington DC. Yesterday saw speeches from Liz Truss and Nigel Farage - but the oddest appearances came from Vice President JD Vance and a chainsaw wielding Elon Musk

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President hailed at Black History Month event and from stage at CPAC by former adviser Steve Bannon with calls to run in 2028

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Musk accused Kyiv of being a ‘massive graft machine feeding off the dead bodies of Ukrainian soldiers’

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The layoffs will impact more than one-third of probationary employees during tax season

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Former PM Suga and ex-Tesla board member Mizuno plan to approach Elon Musk to support struggling carmaker

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Elon Musk blew up at former Space X astronaut on social media for calling out his lies, saying that the two astronauts stuck in space are there because of "political reasons"

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People are realizing that what’s going on in the Trump administration ‘doesn't seem to be bearing fruit’ for them, said journalist

Economics

The tech billionaire's unfounded claim will deepen Washington's war of words with Kyiv after the White House revealed President Donald Trump was 'very frustrated' with Zelensky.

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Musk claimed without evidence that Nasa’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were left stranded on the orbital outpost for ‘political reasons’Elon Musk has got into a heated row with a Danish astronaut who criticised the tech billionaire’s claim that former president Joe Biden intentionally abandoned two American astronauts aboard the International Space Station.Andreas “Andy” Mogensen had on Thursday shared on X a Fox News clip featuring Musk and his boss, US President Donald Trump, in which Musk claimed Nasa’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were left stranded on the orbital outpost for “political reasons” by Biden, and that the new administration was now coming to the rescue. Continue reading...

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President hailed at Black History Month event and from stage at CPAC by former adviser Steve Bannon with calls to run in 2028

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Billionaire says Donald Trump backs his idea to distribute cost-cutting savings to US citizens

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The bejeweled power tool was a gift from Trump ally Javier Milei, the Argentinian president who has often wielded a chainsaw around in public

Events

DOGE leader Elon Musk sassed at detractors who have called him a Russian asset during his debut at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

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Musk claims Trump administration is ‘finding savings’ amid mass terminations; federal judge won’t block administration from laying off federal workersJudge rules Trump administration can continue mass firings of federal workersDonald Trump signed another round of executive orders onboard Air Force One last night, among them one aimed at ending federal benefits for people in the country illegally.The order seeks to end “all taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal aliens”, according to the White House, although it was not clear which benefits will be targeted. Continue reading...

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The president’s anti-DEI crusade has thrown federal agencies, schools and institutions into chaos

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Threatened changes to Community Notes come as Trump administration has sought to falsely portray Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky as a ‘dictator’

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Erratic tech billionaire Elon Musk made a surprise appearance with a chainsaw at CPAC, a pro-Trump event - wearing dark glasses and a black MAGA hat alongside Javier Milei

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EXCLUSIVE: Angie Harrell Bragg told the Daily Star she thinks there will be other issues that drive her out of her home in Slab City before Donald Trump and Elon Musk can

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US judge rejects bid by group of labor unions to halt president’s government overhaul through Musk-led ‘Doge’The Trump administration can for now continue its mass firings of federal employees, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, rejecting a bid by a group of labor unions to halt Donald Trump’s dramatic downsizing of the roughly 2.3 million-strong federal workforce.The ruling by the US district judge Christopher Cooper in Washington DC federal court is temporary while the litigation plays out. But it is a win for the Trump administration as it seeks to purge the federal workforce and slash what it deems wasteful and fraudulent government spending. Continue reading...

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President’s first four weeks in White House marked by turbulence at home and abroad

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Liz Truss urged Elon Musk and his “nerd army of Muskrats” to examine the “British deep state” as she addressed the right-wing CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) in the US on Thursday, 20 February.

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An account on Elon Musk’s X platform has been linked to an ICE employee spouting ‘blatantly racist and anti-immigrant views’

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The astronauts themselves have repeatedly pushed back on the narrative that they are ‘stranded’ or have been left in space

Technology

President’s first four weeks in White House marked by turbulence at home and abroad

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Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister promised a new venture in a speech to a right-wing conference in America.

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‘Department of government efficiency’ head Elon Musk suggested $5,000 checks to US households if targets metDonald Trump has appeared to embrace a proposal to share a portion of the cuts in US government spending made by Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) with all US households in the form of checks, intensifying concerns about inflation potentially rising again.Trump addressed the idea in a speech at an investment conference in Miami on Wednesday, telling attendees: “There’s even under consideration a new concept, where we give 20% of the Doge savings to American citizens, and 20% goes to paying down debt.” Continue reading...

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While their boss takes a sledgehammer to federal agencies, SpaceX and Tesla are earning big money from government contracts, writes Io Dodds

Economics

A mysterious object believed to be debris from a SpaceX rocket has been found in Poland

Technology

The erratic tech billionaire sparked controversy when he appeared to make a far-right gesture during a speech during a celebration to mark Trump's return to the White House.

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President’s first four weeks in White House marked by turbulence at home and abroad

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The erratic tech billionaire is to give a speech to huge MAGA conference CPAC in Washington today - a month on from his appearance at Donald Trump's inauguration bash

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President Donald Trump removed the Resolute Desk from the Oval Office to be 'refinished' a week after Elon Musk's son X left a 'gift' on it.

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The point is not to deprive the government of funds. It’s to expose the regime’s criminalityPolitical power boils down to two things: votes and money. But when money buys presidents, senators and judges, votes are merely the sales receipts. What’s left is money, and the purpose of power is to get more of it.Trump’s non-billionaire followers appear thrilled that Elon Musk and his so-called “department of government efficiency” are burning down the government. “Imagine if Trump hadn’t met and talked with Elon Musk that all this progress on efficiency may not be taking place or at such a fast pace needed before the midterms,” comments holy666 on a Fox News story about the mass layoffs of federal employees. Continue reading...

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Probationary employees targeted for cuts thought to mainly be auditors and support staff; Vance due to give speech at CPACHow will Trump and Musk USAid freeze affect millions around world?‘He’s taking a sledgehammer to it’: Trump voters’ view on first monthA federal appeals court in San Francisco denied the Trump administration’s request to reinstate a ban on birthright citizenship.Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office that ordered an end to birthright citizenship for children for whom neither parent is a US citizen or legal permanent resident.The time for preparation is over – we must act urgently to revive the warrior ethos, rebuild our military, and re-establish deterrence. Our budget will resource the fighting force we need, cease unnecessary defense spending, reject excessive bureaucracy, and drive actionable reform including progress on the audit. Continue reading...

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Top prosecutor sets up 'Operation Whirlwind' to investigate comments about public officials.

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Putin apologist Trump may have the backing of Elon Musk, but the Tesla and X billionaire has been turned on by his very own AI tool which said the President was living in a Russian propaganda 'bubble'

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President attacked after igniting feud with Ukrainian counterpart

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Immediately after his inauguration, the US president and the head of Doge froze funding for all foreign assistance, creating chaos for staff and for humanitarian projects, charities, governments and people around the worldWithin hours of taking office on 20 January, the US president, Donald Trump, announced an immediate 90-day freeze on all US foreign assistance, including over $40bn (£32bn) for international projects coming from USAid, the US Agency for International Development.In that time, there would be a review conducted to ensure the agency was backing work that aligned with the administration’s “America First” agenda. Waivers were later announced for “lifesaving humanitarian assistance” but it was quickly apparent the guidelines were confusing and contradictory. Continue reading...

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President oversees more layoffs after igniting row with attacks on Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky

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The US president has sparked outrage by blaming Ukraine for starting Putin’s war and branding Volodymyr Zelensky a ‘dictator’

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He criticised him in a rambling speech to a investment forum in Miami, after Sir Keir Starmer backed Mr Zelensky

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President oversees more layoffs after igniting row with attacks on Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky

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As Elon Musk tries to drive them out, federal workers are initiating a short squeeze on the broligarchyThe most ferocious response to Elon Musk’s coup in the US is also the most disciplined. It’s a sustained act of civil disobedience by the civil service. Amid the malignant lies of the current regime, federal workers are steadily telling the truth.This strategy is more methodical than it at first seems. Yes, the distress and anger among federal workers is palpable. But the more anarchy Donald Trump’s executive orders and Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) operation loose upon the world, the firmer the federal employees are standing. Their protest might even be seen as a political short squeeze. Continue reading...

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As Trump empowers Russia and the far right, he is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the worldSince the end of the second world war, liberal democracies have stuck together – led by the US. On the opposite side have been authoritarian states, led mainly by the Soviet Union, followed, after the demise of the Soviet Union, by Russia and China.But all this is rapidly changing. Russia and China have morphed into oligarchies, run by small groups of extraordinarily wealthy people. Continue reading...

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Elon Musk says it’s a “HUGE” problem. Is it?

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President signs latest executive order after igniting Ukraine row with attacks on President Volodymyr Zelensky

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President signs latest order after igniting Ukraine row and speaking at summit backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund

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Even the originator of the fib, Elon Musk, has since denied the whopper. Trump called the issue ‘incenjuary,’ possibly intending to say ‘incendiary’

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This blog is now closing. You can read our latest story hereAs Donald Trump’s administration continues to fire thousands of federal workers and radically slash federal spending, some Republicans are growing unnerved, Axios reports.As the cuts start to hit GOP lawmakers’ districts and states, some have told Axios there is a larger conflict brewing over the constitutional issue of whether the president can bypass Congress on such decisions.I think you’re going to see a clash when they start abolishing [agencies]. Say like USAid, right? We authorized that. That’s a creature of Congress. If they try to do something like that, then you’re going to get into a constitutional argument or crisis.Before making cuts rashly, the administration should be studying and staffing to see what the consequences are. Measure twice before cutting. They have had to backtrack multiple times.We all want efficiencies, there is a way to do it, and the way these people have been treated has been awful in many ...

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Pete Hegseth orders leaders to develop plans to enact strict cuts while tax agency reportedly to lay off thousandsAs Donald Trump’s administration continues to fire thousands of federal workers and radically slash federal spending, some Republicans are growing unnerved, Axios reports.As the cuts start to hit GOP lawmakers’ districts and states, some have told Axios there is a larger conflict brewing over the constitutional issue of whether the president can bypass Congress on such decisions.I think you’re going to see a clash when they start abolishing [agencies]. Say like USAid, right? We authorized that. That’s a creature of Congress. If they try to do something like that, then you’re going to get into a constitutional argument or crisis.Before making cuts rashly, the administration should be studying and staffing to see what the consequences are. Measure twice before cutting. They have had to backtrack multiple times.We all want efficiencies, there is a way to do it, and the way ...

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Pete Hegseth orders leaders to develop plans to enact strict cuts while tax agency reportedly to lay off thousandsAs Donald Trump’s administration continues to fire thousands of federal workers and radically slash federal spending, some Republicans are growing unnerved, Axios reports.As the cuts start to hit GOP lawmakers’ districts and states, some have told Axios there is a larger conflict brewing over the constitutional issue of whether the president can bypass Congress on such decisions.I think you’re going to see a clash when they start abolishing [agencies]. Say like USAid, right? We authorized that. That’s a creature of Congress. If they try to do something like that, then you’re going to get into a constitutional argument or crisis.Before making cuts rashly, the administration should be studying and staffing to see what the consequences are. Measure twice before cutting. They have had to backtrack multiple times.We all want efficiencies, there is a way to do it, and the way ...

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An idea to send 20 percent of ‘savings’ back to taxpayers is ‘under consideration’

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Pete Hegseth orders leaders to develop plans to cut 8% of budget in each of next five years, Washington Post reportsAs Donald Trump’s administration continues to fire thousands of federal workers and radically slash federal spending, some Republicans are growing unnerved, Axios reports.As the cuts start to hit GOP lawmakers’ districts and states, some have told Axios there is a larger conflict brewing over the constitutional issue of whether the president can bypass Congress on such decisions.I think you’re going to see a clash when they start abolishing [agencies]. Say like USAid, right? We authorized that. That’s a creature of Congress. If they try to do something like that, then you’re going to get into a constitutional argument or crisis.Before making cuts rashly, the administration should be studying and staffing to see what the consequences are. Measure twice before cutting. They have had to backtrack multiple times.We all want efficiencies, there is a way to do it, and the wa...

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The Agriculture Department is scrambling to rehire several workers it fired as part of President Donald Trump’s broad cuts because they were involved in the government’s response to the ongoing bird flu outbreak that has devastated egg and poultry farms over the past three years

Events

The layoffs will impact more than one-third of probationary employees during tax season

Events

Despite the criticisms, Elon Musk publicly endorsed Kash Patel to lead the FBI this month

Economics