Trump and Musk are moving to smother these three pieces of the government
Donald Trump ran his presidential campaign promising to abolish entire federal agencies and departments, but it’s not quite so easy for a president to simply end an organization that was created and funded each year by Congress,
Trump and Musk's dismantling of government is shaking the foundations of US democracy
Congress is proving little match for the Department of Government Efficiency as wary lawmakers watch it march through the bureaucracy
Former USAID official criticizes Trump, Musk over agency changes
Dr. Atul Gawande said denigrating the agency is "dangerous for the country" and shuttering its programs could make Americans less safe.
Musk and Trump try to move fast and break some things in the federal government
Elon Musk and President Donald Trump are applying Silicon Valley’s “move fast and break things” ethos to the US government.
What is USAID, the agency that Musk says Trump agreed should be shut down?
Billionaire businessman Elon Musk said on Monday that President Trump agreed the United States Agency for International Development should be shut down. It was unclear whether that heralded the immediate demise of the agency that was created after Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act in 1961,
Turmoil as Trump and Musk take aim at top US aid agency
America's top diplomat Marco Rubio says he is now the acting head of the agency that distributes billions of dollars in aid around the world.
What is the USAID? Elon Musk says President Trump agreed to shut down the federal agency
The U.S. Agency for International Development has been in the headlines following Texas billionaire Elon Musk's comments about the shutdown.
Foreign aid agency USAID in crisis as Trump, Musk move to shut it down
The Trump administration and billionaire ally Elon Musk moved to shutter an agency that provides crucial aid to fund education and fight starvation overseas, sparking a showdown with congressional Democrats who blasted the effort as illegal and vowed a court fight.
'Kick in the teeth': Disabled federal workers fear for their jobs after Trump remarks
Remarks about disabled workers after midair collision and recent White House moves have alarmed federal employees with ...
Trump’s birthright citizenship order gets put on hold by second federal judge. Follow live updates.
The Trump administration asserts that children of noncitizens are not “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States and ...
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What is the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE?
President Trump said the entity would focus on cutting government waste and slashing federal regulations, and he put tech ...
What Exactly Is Elon Musk's Role in the US Government?
Now that Elon Musk has been classified as a "special government employee," he will get greater access to U.S. government ...
USAID workers scramble for answers after Trump pulls almost all of them off the job worldwide
The order all but shut down the six-decade mission of the US Agency for International Development, the federal government's ...
How Elon Musk & Peter Thiel-aligned inexperienced tech bros took over the federal government
The United States federal government has been infiltrated by a group of young, unvetted technology engineers handpicked by ...
Nonprofit's lawsuit over the federal funding freeze is part of an 'avalanche' of litigation
A new coalition of nonprofits came together overnight to challenge a seemingly sweeping order from the Trump administration ...
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Elon Musk and the League of Shadows
The League of Shadows is an ancient clan that believes it helps civilization maintain “balance.” When a society becomes too ...
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Federal Government Scrubs Transgender Language from Websites
It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female. These sexes are not changeable and are ...
The ‘Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly’ of the United States Government
Elon Musk is not the president, but it does appear that he—a foreign-born, unelected billionaire who was not confirmed by Congress—is exercising profound influence over the federal government of the ...