Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Heading to the Pentagon. Defense Stocks Are Falling.
President Donald Trump is sending Elon Musk’s DOGE to the Pentagon. That has investors nervous. Trump, speaking at a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday, said employees from the Department of Government Efficiency,
'F Yes' Trends After Elon Musk Asks if DOGE Should Audit IRS
The move to audit the IRS aligns with previous efforts by Musk to challenge federal tax collection practices, including his past criticisms of government spending and the Direct File program, a free tax filing initiative. DOGE's potential scrutiny of the IRS could add to existing concerns about the agency's funding and its role in tax enforcement.
Trump and Elon Musk are upending USAID. Here's what to know about its work.
The State Department said President Trump appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio as acting director of USAID amid an overhaul of the humanitarian aid agency.
Elon Musk's next DOGE targets? Pentagon and Education Department, Trump says
Elon Musk “will be looking at education pretty quickly and he will be looking at military too," Trump said at a news conference Friday.
Trump sets Musk’s DOGE on Defense, Education departments
President Donald Trump said Friday that he has directed Elon Musk and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency to dig into spending at multiple government agencies, including the Defense Department.
Lawmakers flooded with calls about Elon Musk: ‘It is a deluge on DOGE’
Angry and confused constituents have flooded the phone lines at the US Capitol this week, many of them asking questions about billionaire Elon Musk’s plans.
Staffer with Elon Musk's DOGE amplified white supremacists online
DOGE staffer Gavin Kliger is a Berkeley-educated computer scientist who has boosted white supremacists and misogynists online.
Elon Musk presents a new vulnerability for Donald Trump
They’ve set their sights on holding Elon Musk to account. Armed with new polling showing Musk’s popularity in the toilet, key Democratic leaders are going after the top adviser to President Donald Trump who is dismantling the federal government.
Elon Musk Vs The F-35: Why He Wants The US To Drop The Legendary Jet
The F-35 Lightning II is a highly advanced fighter jet, but that didn't stop Elon Musk from critiquing it as one that would ...
How the tactics Musk brought to Washington backfired at Twitter
When Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022, he laid off thousands of employees, stopped paying rent and auctioned off coffee ...
Elon Musk Says His Efficiency Team Will Tackle F.A.A. Technology
His announcement comes after an outage last week to the primary system that provides pilots safety alerts in real time.
How Trump and Musk have shaken the federal workforce
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have upended the federal workforce, firing top officials, grinding billion-dollar ...
Musk team’s access to student loan systems raises alarms over personal information for millions
Democrats are opposing Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency as it turns its attention to the Education Department, ...
A.F.L.-C.I.O. Pushes Back on Elon Musk’s Campaign Against Federal Workers
The campaign by the nation’s largest federation of unions is called the Department of People Who Work for a Living, a play on ...
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There's Actually an Incredibly Easy Way for Elon Musk to Trim $2 Trillion of Government Spending: Cut Funding for Nuclear Weapons
Easy As Pie Can we all agree that nuclear warfare is bad? Yes? Well, do we have an easy way that Elon Musk and his so-called ...
Washington senators call for action against Elon Musk's involvement in federal agencies
WASHINGTON D.C., DC — On Thursday, U.S. Senator Patty Murray gave a speech on the Senate floor and criticized Elon Musk being ...
Elon Musk is making X into his own digital Mar-a-Lago
As Elon Musk’s DOGE disrupts Washington, the billionaire has turned the social media platform he owns into the favored forum for policy pitches and expressions of fealty.
Musk Loves Wreaking Havoc, Whatever the Cost. Trump May Have to Pay the Bill.
The DOGE cost-cutting effort at the Treasury, USAID, and OPM is alienating potential allies and drawing legal flack.