Firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power – lessons from around the globe
Whether by shuffling agency personnel, creating new agencies, or limiting their capacity for oversight, a common tactic among ...
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Defense Department firings expected to start soon, officials say
The directive coincides with the arrival at the Pentagon of personnel from billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk’s Department of ...
Federal employee layoffs begin at Education Department as DOGE tries to shrink government
The Education Department made department-wide cuts on Wednesday, including in its civil rights office, according to multiple ...
What does ‘DOGE’ mean? Why new government department shares its name with viral 2010s meme
Is 'doge' a viral meme, a cryptocurrency or advisory group for the government? Yes. Here's origin of Tesla CEO Elon Musk's ...
Justice Department fires 20 immigration judges from backlogged courts amid major government cuts
A union official says the Trump administration has fired 20 immigration judges without explanation amid sweeping moves to ...
Elon Musk’s DOGE puts DEI on chopping block with termination of over $370M in Education Department grants
In just 48 hours, the Department of Government Efficiency slashed a whopping $370 million in taxpayer dollars being spent on ...
What is Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and what has it actually done so far?
In an effort to slash government spending, President Trump has asked the world’s richest man, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, to lead ...
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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 ...
How Trump’s Justice Department has gutted the government’s ability to chase public corruption
The Trump administration has gutted the federal government’s ability to fight public corruption in a matter of weeks.
Pennsylvania 'Iron Mountain' mine drawing the attention of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency
The United States government's Office of Personnel Management uses Iron Mountain to process and store paperwork when federal ...
Judge allows DOGE's government data access, layoffs to continue
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency can continue accessing government data systems despite ongoing legal challenges.