Feb 26 WATCH: Elon Musk talks about DOGE cost-cutting efforts in Trump’s first Cabinet meeting By Zeke Miller, Associated Press Elon Musk took a star turn at the first Cabinet meeting of President Donald Trump's new term, holding forth in a black “Make America Great Again” campaign hat on Wednesday about his role as “humble tech support” for the federal government — and… Continue reading
Feb 26 Trump administration sets stage for large-scale federal layoffs By Chris Megerian, Associated Press President Donald Trump's administration says federal agencies should begin planning to eliminate employee positions. Continue reading
Feb 26 WATCH: Trump touts ‘gold card’ immigration visa at Cabinet meeting with Elon Musk By Associated Press “If we sell a million, that’s $5 trillion dollars,” President Donald Trump said during the first meeting of his second-term Cabinet, suggesting that the new revenue generated for federal coffers could be used to pay off the country’s debt. Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch 5:15 Trump adds to confusion about ‘somewhat voluntary’ response to Musk’s federal worker email By Amna Nawaz, Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat The Trump administration faced legal pushback on several of the president’s executive orders, including his suspension on all refugee admissions. That comes as Elon Musk and his team are continuing their efforts to dramatically shrink the federal workforce. White House… Continue watching
Feb 25 Elon Musk may direct more demands on federal employees to justify their work By Chris Megerian, Associated Press The Office of Personnel Management is considering how to fulfill Elon Musk's demand to increase scrutiny of government employees. Continue reading
Feb 25 WATCH: White House refuses to ‘reveal’ DOGE administrator during briefing By Dan Cooney PBS News White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López asked press secretary Karoline Leavitt during a news briefing about the identity of DOGE’s administrator. The White House named Amy Gleason after Tuesday's briefing. Continue reading
Feb 25 21 federal tech workers resign rather than help Musk ‘dismantle critical public services’ By Brian Slodysko, Byron Tau, Associated Press The staffers wrote Tuesday in a joint resignation letter obtained by The Associated Press they "swore to serve the American people" and uphold their oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations but it has become clear they "can no longer… Continue reading
Feb 25 Nearly 40 percent of contracts canceled by Musk’s DOGE are expected to produce no savings By Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press Data published on DOGE's "Wall of Receipts" shows more than one-third of the contract cancellations are expected to yield no savings. Continue reading
Feb 24 Federal workers sue over Elon Musk’s threat to fire them if they don’t explain their accomplishments By Lindsay Whitehurst, Chris Megerian, Associated Press Attorneys for federal workers said Monday in a lawsuit that billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk had violated the law with his weekend demand that employees explain their accomplishments or risk being fired. Continue reading
Feb 24 Fired federal workers search for new jobs but struggle to replace their old ones By Matt Sedensky, Associated Press Axed from jobs not easily found outside government, thousands of federal workers caught in President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting efforts now face a difficult search for work. Continue reading