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DOGE Demands Deep Cuts at Humanities Endowment
The National Endowment for the Humanities, which supports museums, scholarship and historical sites, could see grants curtailed and staffing slashed by up to 80 percent.The New York Times - 2d -
Federal funding cuts are raising questions about university endowments. Here's what some are worth and how they work
Columbia is one of the richest universities with a $14.8 billion endowment. Still, covering federal funding cuts isn't as simple as smashing a piggy bank.CNBC - 2d -
Trump Administration Demands Additional Cuts at C.D.C.
In addition to reductions in agency personnel, federal regulators are demanding $2.9 billion in contract cancellations.The New York Times - 20h -
How DOGE Is Changing the Process for SBA Loans
Elon Musk’s DOGE recently announced that the SBA will be placing new age requirements on business loans amid sweeping staffing cuts.Inc. - 4d -
DOGE checks? Elon Musk claims 'progress' has been made, but says it isn't his decision
Waiting for a stimulus check funded by the cuts DOGE says it's making? It could be a while.The Hill - 2d -
Democrats intro bill to protect State Department from DOGE cuts
A new proposal on Capitol Hill takes aim at DOGE while proposing guardrails to reassert congressional oversight authority over the executive branch.ABC News - 1d -
Disability advocates sue Social Security Administration and DOGE to stop service cuts
New Social Security Administration reforms under DOGE are unlawful and harmful to vulnerable beneficiaries who rely on the program, a new lawsuit alleges.CNBC - 13h -
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 locationsABC News - Mar. 22 -
DOGE-driven layoffs in March third-highest recorded
Layoffs driven by Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts to the federal workforce totaled 275,240 in March, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, the third-highest monthly amount ever ...The Hill - 18h -
Elon Musk Visits CIA to Discuss DOGE Cuts
A federal judge ordered the agency to reconsider its firings of employees who had been assigned to diversity recruiting.The New York Times - 3d -
Trump's aid cuts may be delaying U.S. response to Myanmar quake
The U.S. is largely absent from the international response to a devastating earthquake in Myanmar amid President Donald Trump's deep cuts to foreign aid.NBC News - 3d -
Top Officials Placed on Leave After Denying DOGE Access to Federal Payroll Systems
DOGE demanded full access to a US Department of the Interior system that handles even the Supreme Court's paychecks. When top staff asked questions, they were put on leave.Wired - 3d -
A Global Backlash to Trump’s Tariffs, and Deep Cuts to Public Health
Plus, a rare Beatles audition tape.The New York Times - 21h -
Elon Musk says backlash against his DOGE government cuts is hurting Tesla stock
Shares of Tesla entered Monday down more than 34% year to date, and the stock has been cut nearly in half from its peak in December.CNBC - 3d -
Widespread job cuts begin at health agencies
Layoffs began widely Tuesday morning at the Department of Health and Human Services as the agency sets out to cut some 10,000 full-time jobs as the Trump administration works to drastically shrink ...NBC News - 2d -
How HHS job cuts will impact how government handles disease prevention
The Trump administration carried out mass layoffs across the Department of Health and Human Services aiming to cut around 10,000 full-time jobs. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez details how this could ...NBC News - 2d -
Trump administration cuts 10,000 HHS jobs to downsize bureaucracy
In an effort to cut spending, the Trump administration laid off 10,000 federal workers from the Department of Health and Human Services. Meanwhile, in a symbolic move, Democratic Senator Cory ...NBC News - 2d -
All staff cut at federal HHS energy affordability office
Click for more from The Hill. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story All staff cut at federal HHS energy affordability office The Department of Health and Human ...The Hill - 1d -
Kennedy suggests 20 percent of HHS cuts may be reversed
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he expects about 20 percent of fired employees to be reinstated as the agency backtracks after making cuts ...The Hill - 8h -
Tesla decelerates as its vehicle shipments slid 13% in first quarter
Tesla is seeing softer demand for its electric vehicles amid protests over Elon Musk's government role at DOGE.CBS News - 1d -
2025 NFL Draft Top 100 Big Board: Only three quarterbacks make cut while defensive linemen dominate list
This class is deep at edge rusher, defensive line, tight end and running backCBS Sports - 3d -
Demand for viral 'torpedo' baseball bats has sent a Pennsylvania factory into overdrive
A 70-year-old man who plays in an area senior hardball league popped into Victus Sports this week because he needed bats for the new season. Plus he just had to take some cuts with baseball's ...Yahoo Sports - 13h -
Trump and DOGE Defund Program That Boosted American Manufacturing for Decades
President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.Wired - 1d -
Musk’s Doge to fire all local workers and US diplomats from USAID, sources say
Unofficial Trump adviser’s cost-cutting team to finalize shuttering the foreign aid agency on which millions depend. US politics live – latest updates Elon Musk ’s cost-cutting team is ...The Guardian - 2d -
Canadians pull back on U.S. trips, threatening to widen United States' $50 billion travel deficit
Some carriers are cutting back U.S. flights from Canada due to weaker demand.CNBC - 5d -
India's parliament set to debate controversial law on Muslim endowments
India’s parliament has begun debating a proposal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to change laws governing Muslim land endowments in the countryABC News - 1d -
India's parliament passes controversial bill that would change Muslim endowments
India’s parliament has passed a controversial bill moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim land endowmentsABC News - 1d -
Elon Musk says backlash against his DOGE government cuts is hurting Tesla stock
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Sunday that his involvement in the Trump administration could be hurting the automaker’s stock price.NBC News - 3d -
‘Chaos’: Trump cuts to Noaa disrupt staffing and weather forecasts
US climate agency upended as Doge efforts to slash federal government compromise email security. A sense of chaos has gripped the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), one of the ...The Guardian - 2d -
Layoff announcements surge to the most since the pandemic as Musk's DOGE slices federal labor force
A surge in federal government job cuts contributed to a near record-setting pace for announced layoffs in March, exceeded only by when the country shut down in 2020 for the Covid pandemic, ...NBC News - 17h -
Thousands of US health agency workers laid off in overhaul led by RFK Jr
Trump administration begins reducing Health and Human Services workforce as Kennedy plans up to 10,000 job cuts. Thousands of Health and Human Services (HHS) employees across the country are being ...The Guardian - 2d -
Trump administration to shrink federal health agencies by 20,000 employees
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy will cut 3,500 jobs from the Food and Drug Administration and 2,400 from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.CBS News - 6d -
CDC's IVF team gutted even as Trump calls himself the 'fertilization president'
A team that tracked how well in vitro fertilization worked across the U.S. was abruptly cut Tuesday as part of the sweeping layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services.NBC News - 1d -
How Kennedy is already weakening America's childhood vaccine system
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Department of Health and Human Services cut $2 billion from a program that supports vaccines for vulnerable children.NBC News - 13h -
FDA bird flu testing efforts disrupted by RFK Jr.'s layoffs, officials say
Multiple FDA labs were cut amid Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s layoffs this week.CBS News - 6h -
Congress must act to keep US weapons out of Israel — whether Trump likes it or not
The opportunity to salvage our nation’s rule of law and commitment to human rights is there for every U.S. senator to take. For the good of our country and world, we must hope — and demand — they do.The Hill - 2d -
HHS staff to brief House committee following massive agency layoffs
House Democrats on the Energy and Commerce committee are demanding a hearing with Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F Kennedy Jr. about the massive layoffs happening at his agency. ...The Hill - 13h -
We Mapped DOGE’s Silicon Valley and Corporate Connections
If Elon Musk is America's CEO, DOGE is the Silicon Valley executive branch.Wired - 6d -
DOGE is using AI the wrong way
President Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative is misapplying artificial intelligence and missing its full potential.The Hill - 3d