Donald Trump is — at least publicly — attempting to reign in Elon Musk and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) amid growing pushback from the public, Congress, and members of the president’s Cabinet. On Thursday, Trump reportedly told his Cabinet members during a White House meeting that they would be in charge of […]
Listen to article A tense exchange erupted between South African billionaire Elon Musk and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a high-stakes meeting in the White House Cabinet Room, as US President Donald Trump watched in silence, according to The New York Times. The dispute centered on Musk’s aggressive approach to government downsizing, with Rubio criticizing […]
The Environmental Protection Agency has issued new guidance directing that spending items greater than $50,000 now require approval from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. Source link
Elon Musk (Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (Facebook). [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats are pushing back on White House efforts to halt transportation initiatives launched during the Biden administration, stressing that efforts led by billionaire Elon Musk to drastically scale down federal […]
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025 (White House) US President Donald Trump highlighted an array of tech-related initiatives during Tuesday’s address to a joint session of Congress, including bipartisan congressional efforts to curb sexual deepfakes and Elon Musk’s dramatic attempts to trim the federal workforce. But some of […]
“10 Years of the U.S. Digital Service: Transforming Government for the Digital Age | OMB.” The White House, 13 Aug. 2024, https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/briefing-room/2024/08/13/10-years-of-the-u-s-digital-service-transforming-government-for-the-digital-age/. “Agency Information Collection Activity: United States Digital Service (USDS), Office of Management and Budget Collection of Formative Research on Agency Service Delivery.” Federal Register, 1 Dec. 2021, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/12/01/2021-26081/agency-information-collection-activity-united-states-digital-service-usds-office-of-management-and. “Alleged Spikes in Medical Conditions […]
On the last Friday of September 2023, Elon Musk dropped in about an hour late to a dinner party at the Silicon Valley mansion of the technology investor Chamath Palihapitiya. Mr. Musk’s visit was meant to be discreet. Still skittish about getting involved publicly in politics, he told the guests he had to be careful […]
Washington DC: DOGE is tasked with ‘maximising governmental efficiency and productivity’ I Credit: Ramaz Bluashvili (Pexels) Donald Trump has directed US government agencies to build ‘centralised tech systems’ to ‘record every payment’ made via grants and contracts. The presidential instruction was made through an executive order with a stated aim of ‘commenc[ing] a transformation in […]
Amy Gleason, a former health care investment executive, is serving as the acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency, the government-overhaul task force imposing dramatic changes across the federal bureaucracy under the direction of Elon Musk, a White House official said on Tuesday. For two weeks, the Trump administration had resisted answering inquiries about […]
The Trump administration is asking federal agencies to submit reductions in force and reorganization plans by March 13, setting the stage for more workforce terminations. A memo from the Office of Personnel Management sent Wednesday tells agency heads that their plans to reduce the workforce and reorganize departments are required to comply with the executive […]