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National Institutes of Health workers told to blow off Musk demands for weekly performance reviews

Musk has suddenly been a no-show at White House events. Now federal agencies are ignoring his orders

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2025

Scientific research is the lifeblood of our economy. Now, a wrecking ball has come.

DOGE cuts to NOAA Fisheries aren't making anything more efficient — they're stripping the ability of fishers to adapt their businesses to changing conditions. Similar impacts are being felt across different disciplines, and the U.S. science community must choose whether to look inward, hoping for better days, or to fight…

LiveScience · Apr 9, 2025

Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Derailing The Auto Industry

President Trump urged Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to use a “scalpel” and not a “hatchet” for agency cuts and firing thousands of American government workers. This approach seemingly does not apply to his tariff policies, which have smacked the auto industry like a hatchet.…

InsideEVs · Apr 7, 2025

How memes spread conspiracy theories – and what to consider before sharing one

“I am become meme,” declared Elon Musk at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference, just after hoisting a chainsaw – a gift from Argentina’s president, Javier Milei – above his head. The tech billionaire and head of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) was correct. Within hours, images…

The Conversation · Apr 1, 2025

A DOGE employee is put in charge of the US Institute of Peace, a court filing alleges

A court filing says an official allied with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has been put in charge of the U.S. Institute of Peace, a congressionally funded think tank targeted by President Donald Trump for closure

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2025

Despite tough words, these Democrats continue to invest in Tesla

Vandalism and arson attacks against Tesla vehicles are on the rise, in the U.S. and across the globe.

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2025

Musk Defends DOGE's Social Security Reforms, Says 'I Don't Need The Money'

Elon Musk reiterated Sunday that he doesn't need to be paid for the work he was doing as the DOGE chief amid concerns about his work around social security.

International Business Times · Mar 31, 2025

Most US Institute of Peace workers get late-night word of their mass firing

Most employees at the U.S. Institute of Peace, a congressionally created and funded think tank now taken over by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, have received email notices of their mass firing — the latest step in the Trump administration’s government downsizing

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2025

Appeals court clears way for DOGE to keep operating at USAID

A federal appeals court has lifted an order blocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from further cuts at the U.S. Agency for International Development

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2025

Musk's DOGE Team Emerges From The Shadows

It has worked in the shadows for months, but Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has now offered the first peek behind the curtain of the government cost-cutting drive it launched on behalf of US President Donald Trump.

International Business Times · Mar 28, 2025