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 […]
OPM signals broad agency layoffs, reorganization in new memo
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 […]
Amy Gleason leads DOGE
The acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency is a low-profile executive who has expertise in health care technology and worked in the first Trump administration.The White House on Tuesday afternoon identified Amy Gleason as the acting leader of DOGE, which has been pushing agencies to fire employees, cancel contracts and make other budget […]
21 DOGE staffers resign, saying they won’t help ‘dismantle’ public services : NPR
Elon Musk, who oversees the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, holds a chainsaw as he arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference Thursday in Oxon Hill, Md. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP A group of 21 civil servants whose team was folded into Elon Musk’s Department of […]
Civil service staff resigns over Musk’s cuts
More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”“We swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations,” the 21 staffers wrote in a joint […]
Crypto and big tech’s backing pays off as Trump makes tech-friendly moves | Technology
The millions that US tech companies invested in currying favor with Donald Trump seemed to pay off this week as the new administration issued a flurry of directives that relaxed regulations and dropped lawsuits previously aimed at holding the industry to account. Crypto, AI and social media companies, many of which made donations to Trump, […]
Trump Order Seeks More Power Over Agencies Congress Made Independent
For more than a decade, the West has faced off against the East again in what was widely called a new cold war. But with President Trump back in office, America is giving the impression that it could be switching sides. Even as American and Russian negotiators sat down together on Tuesday for the first […]
Americans Bet On Ozempic To Make America Healthy Again
Not enough Americans are taking adequate measures to cultivate better health, and those who are seem to expect novel medical injections to do the heavy lifting for them. A December YouGov survey found roughly 1 in 5 Americans have resolved to improve their physical health and either exercise more and/or eat healthier this year. A […]