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Your Social Security number is in the middle of DOGE’s massive tech system overhaul. Are payments, private data at risk?
Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency wants to combine your Social Security number into a massive ...
Democrats want Elon Musk out of government. He might stay in their campaign ads.
The party is debating whether the bureaucracy-slashing billionaire will still have political resonance come 2026.
Government IT whistleblower calls out DOGE, says he was threatened at home
A government whistleblower told lawmakers that DOGE's access to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) systems went far beyond ...
DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, and Still Overstating Its Progress
Elon Musk now says his group will produce only 15 percent of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with ...
Why the war on government efficiency is anything but efficient
When Donald Trump announced that he was creating the Department of Government Efficiency, I welcomed the initiative.
Trump administration cutting nearly 90% of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Roughly 1,500 employees — or almost 90% of the agency's staff — will be cut from the CFPB, leaving around 200 people, ...
The Musk Associates Running the Government
Elon Musk’s time leading the Department of Government Efficiency is expected to wind down soon, but his stamp on the federal ...
Trump Wants to Merge Government Data. Here Are 314 Things It Might Know About You.
Elon Musk’s team is leading an effort to link government databases, to the alarm of privacy and security experts.
DOGE staffer appointed as acting head of US State Dept foreign assistance office
The administration of President Donald Trump has appointed a key member of billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government ...
As DOGE cuts federal funds, Tennessee departments balk at releasing details of lost money
On March 23, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services slashed $11 billion worth of grant funding across the country.
Illinois Humanities loses a third of its revenue to DOGE cuts
The mission of Illinois Humanities is to help document local history and tell important stories. Now, the organization has to ...
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GOP lawmaker files bill that would create WA Department of Government Efficiency
State Rep. Jim Walsh, chairman for the Washington State Republican Party, has introduced a bill to create a state Department of Government Efficiency, similar to Trump’s DOGE. Steve Bloom The ...