Elon Musk Plays DOGE Ball—and Hits America’s Geek Squad

• Elon Musk's DOGE has a new cost-cutting target: the U.S. penny

  Elon Musk's DOGE is taking aim at the U.S. penny, pointing out that it costs more to manufacture than it's worth.
  
  CBS News - 8h

• Elon Musk's DOGE has a new cost-cutting target: the U.S. penny

  Elon Musk's DOGE is taking aim at the U.S. penny, pointing out that it costs more to manufacture than it's worth.
  
  CBS News - 8h

• Why Vivek Ramaswamy is ditching Trump’s ‘DOGE’ commission led by Elon Musk

  Hours after President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term, Vivek Ramaswamy officially stepped down from the “Department of Government Efficiency”
  
  MarketWatch - 2d

• Elon Musk's DOGE faces lawsuit as Donald Trump inaugurated

  National Security Counselors, a public interest law firm, alleges the Department of Government Efficiency is breaking a federal a law.
  
  CBS News - 2d
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  Trump and Elon Musk’s ‘Doge’ violates federal transparency rules, suit claims

  Lawsuit filed moments after Trump’s swearing-in challenges legality of ‘department of government efficiency’. US politics live – latest updates Elon Musk’s “department of government ...
  
  The Guardian - 2d
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  Inside Elon Musk’s Plan for DOGE to Slash Government Costs

  Mr. Musk has turned to Silicon Valley to help recruit executives who will take up unofficial positions across the federal government.
  
  The New York Times - Jan. 13
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  Before Elon Musk and DOGE, there was Jimmy Carter

  Jimmy Carter's Inspector General Act of 1978 led to the creation of the Department of Justice's Inspector General, which has since issued reports critical of the FBI's role in the 2016 election, ...
  
  The Hill - Jan. 9

• Elon Musk's DOGE says it's hiring. Here are the jobs it wants to fill.

  Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's Department of Government Efficiency says it's now hiring. Here's how to apply.
  
  CBS News - Jan. 8

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