President Trump’s top budget official, Russell Vought, has been tapped to take over the newly-formed Department of Government Efficiency, where the Project 2025 architect will continue slashing the federal government. Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, was present for the Trump administration’s first cabinet meeting in late February The Trump administration […]
On Sunday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confronted the question of whether Elon Musk tried to fire air traffic controllers. The New York Times reported back in March that there was a clash in which Duffy vented about staffers from Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort trying to lay off air traffic controllers at a […]
Afrikaan South Africans supporting US President Donald Trump and South African and US tech billionaire Elon Musk gather in front of the US Embassy in Pretoria, on February 15, 2025 for a demonstration. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The U.S. government has […]
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“Putting all your eggs in one basket means I don’t need to go hunting for them — I can just steal the basket.” Silver Platter Elon Musk’s ever-alarming Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) now wants to consolidate the federal government’s vast data reserves. They’re currently siloed across government agencies, and DOGE wants to merge them into […]
Critics swing between accusing the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency of overreach and declaring it a failure at cutting government. Here are some reality checks. DOGE-like efforts are not new. George H.W. Bush’s Council on Competitiveness was created to ease regulatory burdens. Led by Vice President Dan Quayle, it worked to slow or stop […]
This story was originally reported by The 19th. The federal government is the largest employer in the country — and has historically been a stable one. But then tech billionaire Elon Musk mounted a push to slash agency jobs across the executive branch, driving nearly half of all layoffs across in the United States so far […]
President Trump’s vision for restoring constitutional government is finally taking shape, and nowhere is that more urgently needed than at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). With the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the federal bureaucracy has been put on notice: bloat, redundancy, and mission creep are no longer acceptable. Agencies must operate […]
The Federal Aviation Administration has approved 25 Starbase launches for SpaceX in 2025, clearing the way for the world’s largest rocket to enter hyperdrive development. Previously capped at just five launches per year under the Biden administration, Starship could now lift off as frequently as every few weeks. The FAA stated that the change in SpaceX’s Starship […]
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