DOGE

The Department of Government Efficiency

Politics

Court filings describe DOGE-led, scream-filled, 36-hour mass layoff scramble at consumer protection agency

By Leo Schwartz

April 18, 2025

Politics

After RFK Jr. cut food safety inspectors, the strained FDA struggles to close the gap

By Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press

April 18, 2025

Politics

Two of Elon Musk’s top DOGE hires are a married couple who worked at X and lived at Twitter’s HQ with their infant child

By Byron Tau, Joshua Goodman, Garance Burke, Brian Slodysko and The Associated Press

April 17, 2025

Politics

Elon Musk’s DOGE reportedly wants to kill the IRS tool that makes filing free for American taxpayers

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press

April 16, 2025

Politics

Summers slams Trump ‘tyranny’ in escalating attacks on Harvard

By Janet Lorin, David Westin and Bloomberg

April 16, 2025

Politics

Trump has ‘taken a hatchet’ to Social Security, Biden says in first remarks since leaving office

By Steve Peoples, Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press

April 16, 2025

Politics

Exclusive: Senators Elizabeth Warren and Andy Kim demand investigation into DOGE cuts at CFPB

By Jessica Mathews

April 16, 2025

Politics

Elon Musk’s DOGE is claiming victory after uncovering $382 million in unemployment fraud—but the government already found it years ago: ‘I don’t think it’s news to anyone’

By Matt Sedensky and The Associated Press

April 15, 2025

Politics

Elon Musk’s 28-year-old DOGE lieutenant dismantled USAID. Now it’s taking place at the State Department

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee and The Associated Press

April 15, 2025

Tech

Trump’s tech and science policy chief says Biden led with ‘spirit of fear’ and that today’s progress lags 20th century innovation

By Jessica Mathews

April 15, 2025

Personal Finance

Tax season nightmare: The IRS is so understaffed from DOGE they ‘don’t have time to look at certain cases’

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press

April 14, 2025

Politics

There’s a brewing clash between Trump and DOGE with cost-cutting at odds with the president’s long-stated dream

By Claire Rush, Gary Fields and The Associated Press

April 14, 2025

Politics

Nearly 80 million Americans are legally entitled to income-based help like Medicaid and food assistance. The Trump administration dismantled the office that establishes eligibility

By Irina Ivanova

April 13, 2025

Politics

Elon Musk drastically drops DOGE’s savings goal from $2 trillion to $150 billion for the year

By Beatrice Nolan

April 11, 2025

Politics

Here is the agreement DOGE has with the consumer watchdog agency it is cutting up

By Jessica Mathews

April 10, 2025