The latest on Trump’s efforts to overhaul the federal government
President Donald Trump made a flurry of moves this week aimed at a dramatic overhaul of the federal government. A judge has temporarily halted his staffing purge at USAID, and he faces legal challenges to several other of his initial policy moves.
Trump Defended Musk’s Cost-Cutting Effort
President Trump offered praise today for Elon Musk and his team at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, who have led the administration’s effort to purge federal workers. He said he had directed them to search across the government for costs to eliminate.
Trump: Nothing in Gov’t Off-Limits From Elon Musk’s Grasp
President Donald Trump wasn’t able to name a single part of the government that is off-limits to Elon Musk and his team of baby-faced engineers. At a press conference on Friday, the president was asked,
Trump points Musk to targets in federal government with Pentagon up next
President Donald Trump said Friday that he is directing Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency to target specific government departments and agencies, with the Pentagon set for a review in the near future.
Trump to direct Musk to review Pentagon, Education spending
President Trump on Friday said he plans to direct Elon Musk to review spending at the Defense and Education departments as the new administration works to overhaul the federal government. “Pentagon, Education,
‘You’ll find bad things’ – Trump instructs Elon Musk, DOGE to review Pentagon spending
United States President Donald Trump on Friday said billionaire businessman, Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, team will be taking a close look at Pentagon spending to search for potential waste and fraud.
What Trump is doing to the US government is not a spoils system
We will not know the extent or the success of President Donald Trump’s purge of the federal bureaucracy for some time. There ...
Lebanon PM forms new government, pledging reforms
Lebanon formed a new government on Saturday, following unusually direct U.S. intervention in the process and in a step ...
The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified
Elon Musk’s unceasing attempts to access the data and information systems of the federal government range so widely, and are ...
Trump makes misleading claims about government payments to Politico. Here's a fact check.
Records show federal agencies, as well as Republican and Democratic lawmakers, paid for subscriptions to Politico. But the ...
Trump promotes misleading claims about federal government’s media subscriptions
Federal government payments to news outlets like Politico, The New York Times and The Associated Press for subscriptions or ...
Judge temporarily blocks Trump's federal government employee buyout
Just hours before the deadline for federal employees to accept the Trump administration's deferred resignation offer, a judge ...
The White House says Elon Musk is a "special government employee." Here's what that means.
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said that Tesla CEO Musk is categorized as a special government employee.
What does DOGE stand for? What to know about Elon Musk-led government agency under Trump
Since taking office for his second term, President Donald Trump has issued a number of orders which included establishing the ...
Trump sanctions on ICC protects US military and government officials, former NSC staffer says
Amid the International Criminal Court’s issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli leaders for their role in waging a ...
Musk’s DOGE agents access sensitive government personnel data, Washington Post reports
Agents working for billionaire Elon Musk have accessed highly restricted government records on millions of federal employees ...
Government fined at inquest in 'extraordinary step'
A coroner has fined the government for failing to disclose evidence at an inquest into the deaths of three prisoners in ...
Pages have been disappearing from government and military websites. Here's what's already purged.
President Trump's defending women executive order prompted all agencies and departments to remove references to gender and ...