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As Elon Musk‘s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues its punitive onslaught against government agencies in what he claims is an effort to reduce wasteful spending, his own companies continue to enjoy lucrative federal contracts. Tesla and SpaceX have been awarded some $230 million worth in contracts so far …

A federal judge temporarily blocked Elon Musk and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing sensitive and confidential information within the Treasury Department. In a decision Saturday — which followed 19 state attorneys and unions suing the federal government over DOGE’s access to the Treasury’s payments system — …

The Trump administration has pulled the rug on the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), bringing its humanitarian work abroad to a stop. USAID has been a critical component of American “soft power” since the JFK era, communicating the ideals of America as a force for good in the world …

The Vice President and Elon Musk, the de-facto head of government under Donald Trump, are tag teaming on social media to promote the reinstatement of Marko Elez, a key Musk deputy who departed his post inside the Treasury Department amid a Wall Street Journal exposé linking him to racist social …

Since the names of the younger, inexperienced people working for Elon Musk‘s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have become public, a flurry of reports have detailed their troubling histories of extremism and severe workplace infractions. One individual who resigned Thursday over revelations of racist posts on his X account …

Just weeks after President Donald Trump took office, megadonor turned special government employee Elon Musk has penetrated deep into the heart of the federal administrative apparatus. His so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) now enjoys access to communication channels and sensitive information at agencies including the Treasury Department, the Office …

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk tore through much of the federal government over the past two weeks — effectively shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the government’s foreign aid department. Now that nearly all of the agency’s staff has been put on leave, USAID employees aren’t sure …

As Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues to wreak havoc with the internal mechanics of the federal government in its efforts to gut and dissolve vital agencies, the White House is signaling that it has no problem with the richest man on the planet serving as his own …

Donald Trump’s top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia requested that a court withdraw charges against a Jan. 6 insurrectionist he personally represented — a move that experts decried as a clear ethical violation. Shortly after taking office, Trump pardoned 1,500 of individuals who were convicted of offenses or …

Three large unions sued the Treasury Department on Monday to block Elon Musk and his apparatchiks from accessing federal servers with sensitive member data and financial information — alleging a “massive and unprecedented” intrusion of privacy. Musk and his team at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) reportedly have …