Department of Government Efficiency

AP report: IRS acting commissioner resigning over deal to send immigrant tax data to ICE

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

The IRS has been in upheaval over Trump administration decisions to share taxpayer data.

WATCH: State Department says funding to some life-saving UN food programs was cut by mistake

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee, Associated Press

“There were a few programs that were cut in other countries that were not meant to be cut, that have been rolled back and put into place,” State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce told reporters.

Nearly half of National Weather Service offices are critically understaffed, experts warn

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

After Trump administration job cuts, nearly half of National Weather Service forecast offices have 20 percent vacancy rates — twice that of just a decade ago — as severe weather chugs across the nation's heartland, according to data obtained by The…

PHOTOS: Hundreds of HHS employees wait in a line stretching around the building to find out if their job is gone

By Associated Press

One staffer waiting in line loudly joked: “Is this an April Fool’s joke?”…

Fact check: Can you ‘erase’ your student debt because DOGE accessed federal loan databases?

By Claire Cranford, PolitiFact

Don’t trust videos saying you can erase your student loans by filing a student privacy law complaint.

Federal appeals court clears way for DOGE to continue making cuts at USAID

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

“While defendants’ role and actions related to USAID are not conventional, unconventional does not necessarily equal unconstitutional,” Circuit Judge Marvin Quattlebaum, who was appointed by Trump, wrote.

Anti-abortion groups aiming to defund Planned Parenthood look to DOGE to get it done

By Christine Fernando, Associated Press

Major anti-abortion groups gathered in the nation's capital on Thursday to begin a lobbying effort with Congress and President Donald Trump's administration aimed at eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood, with some calling on Elon Musk to make the organization one of…

Federal judge blocks DOGE from accessing Americans’ personal Social Security data, for now

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Elon Musk ’s Department of Government Efficiency from Social Security Administration systems that hold personal data on millions of Americans.

After firings and DOGE staff accesses headquarters, U.S. Institute of Peace board sues

By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press

The legal challenge seeks to prevent their removal and stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from taking over and accessing the building and systems of the independent nonprofit.

DOGE’s USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution, judge rules

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press

The order requires the Trump administration to restore email and computer access to all employees of USAID, including those put on administrative leave, though it appears to stops short of reversing firings or fully resurrecting the agency.