Trump and DOGE Create Anxiety but Opportunity for Federal Contractors
By cutting federal employees, the Trump administration may increase its reliance on firms that take in billions through government contracts.
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Vance: Musk has made some ‘mistakes’ with DOGE’s federal worker firings
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Trump defends Elon Musk, DOGE cuts to federal workforce
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How DOGE is already changing the spending process in Congress
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has done significant work in exposing wasteful government programs, but this has created a difficult situation for the Trump administration as they ...The Hill - 6d -
Musk says DOGE is in almost every federal agency and plans to double staff
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60 percent of voters unhappy with DOGE handling of federal workers: Poll
A majority of voters are unhappy with the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) handling of federal workers, according to a new poll. When asked about “the way Elon Musk and DOGE are dealing ...The Hill - 4d -
Rejected by Washington, Federal Workers Find Open Arms in State Governments
Seeking to serve as a counterweight to the Trump administration, a flurry of mostly blue states has created initiatives — and ad campaigns — to lure federal employees to state government jobs.The New York Times - 2d -
How to Create Aliveness at Work—and Why It Matters More Than You Think
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DOGE Has Deployed Its GSAi Custom Chatbot for 1,500 Federal Workers
Elon Musk’s DOGE team is automating tasks as it continues its purge of the federal workforce.Wired - Mar. 7 -
DOGE likely subject to open records law, judge rules
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is likely covered under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a federal judge ruled late Monday, rejecting the Trump administration’s position that ...The Hill - Mar. 11 -
Gun-violence prevention programs may be caught in federal funding crossfire
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Hundreds of federal offices to start to empty this summer due to DOGE cuts: AP
Federal agencies will begin to vacate hundreds of offices nationwide this summer under a frenetic and error-prone push by DOGE to scrap leases it says waste money.CBS News - 4d -
Musk having ‘great difficulty’ running businesses amid DOGE obligations, Tesla stock slide
Tech billionaire Elon Musk admitted he is having “great difficulty” running his various businesses as he juggles an advisory role in the Trump administration and leads the Department of Government ...The Hill - Mar. 11 -
DOGE complicates Musk's CEO roles
Presented by Ericsson - Elon Musk’s role in the Trump administration is complicating his business ventures, as the tech billionaire pushes forward with efforts to slash the federal government and ...The Hill - 5d -
Federal judge orders Doge to release internal records for transparency
Musk said social media posts were sufficient documentation for agency that is changing face of government. US politics live – latest updates A federal judge has ruled that Elon Mus k’s ...The Guardian - Mar. 11 -
The Eurozone’s moment of truth
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DOGE's secrecy to be tested in court with sworn testimony, depositions
Over the next week, several judges have ordered top Trump administration officials to testify about efforts to reduce the size of the federal government.ABC News - Mar. 7 -
Why Social Security’s Future Could Be in DOGE’s Hands
Trump promised that Elon Musk’s DOGE wouldn’t touch Social Security. But DOGE is already making cuts to the agency.Inc. - Mar. 9 -
Wildlife biologist fired by DOGE continues working for free
In February, the Trump administration let go of over 2,300 probationary employees from the Interior Department as part of its effort to reduce the size of the federal workforce. One fired U.S. Fish ...CBS News - 3d -
How DOGE cuts are jeopardizing our national parks
As part of the Trump administration's effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce, approximately 1,000 employees have been laid off by the National Park Service. In the weeks since, protests ...CBS News - 2d -
As Federal Cuts Brush Against Private Sector, Should Your Company Make a DOGE Contingency Plan?
A really good long-term business plan may include processes to follow in disaster scenarios. It’s something to think about, as Elon Musk’s DOGE teams upends the federal government and side effects ...Inc. - Mar. 10 -
IRS chief counsel demoted and replaced with DOGE ally
IRS' top lawyer replaced amid DOGE's alleged push to share taxpayer info with other federal agencies.CBS News - 4d -
Secretary of state says 83% of USAID programs are being canceled
USAID has been the target of DOGE, the Elon Musk-helmed agency created in an executive order signed by President Trump on his first day in office.CBS News - Mar. 10 -
Judge finds Musk and DOGE's shutdown of USAID likely unconstitutional
U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang ruled in favor of a group of more than two dozen unnamed former and current USAID employees and contractors.CBS News - 39m -
Government expert on Elon Musk and DOGE's "slash-and-burn exercise"
Trump campaign funder and government disrupter Elon Musk has used unprecedented power to quickly eliminate thousands of federal jobs and shutter entire programs and agencies, using tactics that ...CBS News - 2d -
Hope for a Trump Energy Boom Is Marred by Anxiety About Tariffs
Energy executives meeting in Houston expressed concerns about President Trump’s trade and economic policy even as they praised him and his administration.The New York Times - 3d -
‘Startup Nation’ Groups Say They’re Meeting Trump Officials to Push for Deregulated ‘Freedom Cities’
The architects of projects like Próspera are drafting legislation to create US cities that would be free from federal regulations.Wired - Mar. 7 -
DOGE’s AI App Replacing Fired Federal Workers Proves ‘About as Good as an Intern’
After mass firings at the General Services Administration, DOGE issued remaining staff an app to take up the excess work — but severely limited its use to a handful of repetitive tasks.Inc. - Mar. 10 -
Federal judge rules Trump must reinstate many fired federal employees
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Trump administration must reinstate probationary government employees fired unlawfully at several agencies, lambasting the Justice Department at a hearing ...The Hill - 5d -
Lummis introduces bill to create bitcoin strategic reserve
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) reintroduced legislation Tuesday to create a bitcoin strategic reserve, seeking to codify President Trump’s executive order last week establishing a reserve. The bill, ...The Hill - Mar. 11 -
Recently fired pregnant federal employees cope with loss of insurance
Many pregnant federal workers fired as part of recent DOGE cuts are now faced with complex challenges as they deal with the loss of their income and health insurance.NBC News - Mar. 11 -
Karl Rove: Trump claims of DOGE 'fraud' discoveries will backfire
Republican strategist Karl Rove said President Trump’s claims that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has discovered “hundreds of billions” in government “fraud” will backfire when ...The Hill - Mar. 10 -
Judge orders Elon Musk and Doge to produce records about cost-cutting operations
The documents would ultimately inform whether Musk has been operating unconstitutionally to the extent Doge’s activities should be halted. Elon Musk and his so-called “department of government ...The Guardian - 5d -
DOGE Is the Deep State
A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar!Wired - Mar. 6 -
Judges order Trump to rehire thousands of fired federal workers
Two federal courts are ruling that the firings of probationary federal workers were improper and that tens of thousands of those employees must be immediately reinstated. The Trump administration ...NBC News - 4d -
Big oil gathers in Texas – but beneath the bravado, Trump-induced anxiety
Energy summit in Houston makes clear US is nowhere close to curbing fossil fuels, but tariffs are causing disquiet. This week, the world’s most influential fossil-fuels conference, which has been ...The Guardian - 3d
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