DOGE cuts pass House
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Trump, Elon Musk and DOGE
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Reform UK's new efficiency chief in Derbyshire says the party's flagship anti-waste agenda will pull the council's finances "back from the brink", despite admitting there is "limited scope" for savings in the short-term.
Musk may be gone and on the outs with Trump, but on Capitol Hill, DOGE continues. The House voted to cut funding to NPR, PBS, and some foreign aid.
This rush job risks people’s private data, creates security gaps, and could result in catastrophic cuts to all benefits,” Senator Elizabeth Warren says of DOGE’s plans to “hastily upgrade” SSA IT systems.
Hey look! It’s a new dinosaur. Scientists have identified a previously unknown species that fills an early gap in the fossil record of tyrannosaurus. The 86-million-year-old dinosaur has been named Khankhuuluu mongoliensis (the “dragon prince of Mongolia”).
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In a new turn of events, the rebranded "U.S. DOGE Service" has sent recruiting pitches to multiple federal employees in recent weeks.
Critical tax agency staffing cuts were postponed until after filing season. Tax receipts markedly increased this spring over the previous year, despite initial projections at the Internal Revenue Service that revenue could plummet this year amid turmoil at the agency, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told lawmakers Thursday.
At least 38 DOGE members work, or have worked, for one of Elon Musk’s companies. Meanwhile, nearly two dozen DOGE officials are making cuts to the same federal agencies that regulate the industries that employed them.
James Fishback, the proponent of DOGE Dividend checks, has publicly criticized Musk over his feud with the president.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is urging President Trump to "reverse course" on the Department of Government Efficiency's efforts to cut government spending and agencies.