DOGE reportedly fired the FDA employees who were reviewing clinical trials for Elon Musk’s Neuralink The FDA approved human clinical trials for Neuralink’s brain implants in May 2023. Fortune · Feb 18, 2025
DOGE Planning On Targeting Officials From Veteran Affairs Office As It Continues Push To Slash Government Spending, DEI Initiatives DOGE is planning on targeting officials from the Veterans Affairs Office as it continues its push to slash government spending and DEI initiatives. Latin Times · Feb 17, 2025
Anti-Tesla Protests, Sell-Offs Mount As Musk Raids The U.S. Government It’s time to acknowledge the elephant in the room here: Elon Musk’s meddling in global politics, far-right activism and wanton slash-and-burn of U.S government departments and programs via the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are increasingly inseparable from the average person’s perception of Tesla. For a while, folks were content… InsideEVs · Feb 17, 2025
Protesters target Tesla showrooms in US over Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting Demonstrations across the US against tycoon’s ties to Trump highlight potential risks to firm’s reputation and sales The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2025
DOGE Website Reportedly Shares Classified Intelligence Data: 'Where Did They Get This Information?' The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by Elon Musk, published classified information about another federal agency on its website, causing many to question where and how staffers within the department obtained that information. Latin Times · Feb 14, 2025
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency hit by another privacy lawsuit with millions impacted The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) joined the wave of lawsuits against the new government agency over supposedly illegal data access. TechRadar · Feb 14, 2025
Trump administration ordered by judge to lift funding block on US foreign aid The court ruling cites the sweeping damage that the sudden shutdown has done to the non-profits and other organisations that help carry out US assistance overseas Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2025
Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily lift funding freeze on US foreign aid In another setback for President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE, Judge Amir Ali said freezing aid would have a ‘catastrophic effect on humanitarian missions’ The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2025
Moon or Mars? Why not both, acting NASA head Janet Petro says NASA still views the moon as a stepping stone to Mars, even though Elon Musk has dismissed Earth's nearest neighbor as "a distraction." Space · Feb 13, 2025
Musk's DOGE Website Goes 'Live'. The Main Feature Is An X Feed. The department, created by a Trump executive order, promised more information about "savings" on Valentine's Day. International Business Times · Feb 13, 2025
Musk's X Pays $10 Million To Settle Trump Lawsuit Over Being Booted Following Jan. 6th Riots Musk, who donated $250 million to Trump's presidential campaign, heads up the Department of Government Efficiency. International Business Times · Feb 13, 2025
DOGE Is Good. It's Not Enough. Even if the Department of Government Efficiency eliminates all improper payments and fraud, we'll still be facing a debt explosion—which requires structural reform. Reason · Feb 13, 2025
Musk's DOGE Team Raises Major Cyber Security Concerns Young engineers deployed across the US government as part of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have triggered alarm throughout Washington's security establishment. International Business Times · Feb 13, 2025
FACT FOCUS: FEMA funding to New York City to assist migrants is misrepresented FEMA payments to New York City for migrant assistance came under scrutiny this week as Elon Musk claimed his Department of Government Efficiency had uncovered $59 million in illegal payments to house migrants in luxury hotels when it was meant for American disaster relief The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2025
Top News · Feb 12, 2025 Elon Musk's DOGE Inspires UK Government Efficiency Movement Nigel Farage and Elon Musk's push for government efficiency in the UK amidst growing 'woke waste' movement.
Fortune · Feb 12, 2025 DOGE—tasked with trimming federal spending—has more than doubled its budget already, disclosures show The group’s funding grew from $750,000 to $6.75 million and then $14.4 million in less than two weeks.
Fortune · Feb 12, 2025 Trump's small business department fired staff and said it was an accident—then emailed the next day re-firing them Probationary staffers reportedly received a series of emails relating to terminations amid widespread headcount cuts in department agencies.
Top News · Feb 12, 2025 Elon Musk To Lead Department Of Government Efficiency Subcommittee Congress gears up for a DOGE subcommittee meeting led by Elon Musk, sparking debate on government efficiency and spending.
International Business Times · Feb 12, 2025 Musk's DOGE Terminates $881M In Education Funding, Impacting Key Research DOGE, headed by Elon Musk, announced the termination of 89 contracts, totaling $881 million, and 29 "DEI training grants," which amounted to $101 million.
Reason · Feb 12, 2025 The DOGE Bait and Switch The pretend department’s downgraded mission reflects the gap between Trump’s promise of "smaller government" and the reality of what can be achieved without new legislation.
Top News · Feb 11, 2025 Watchdog Group Files Lawsuit Against Trump Administration's Department Of Government Efficiency Watchdog group sues Trump administration's DOGE for lack of transparency in record-keeping. Legal battle ensues.
The Conversation · Feb 11, 2025 Helping teachers learn what works in the classroom − and what doesn’t − will get a lot harder without the Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences The future of the Institute of Education Sciences, the nonpartisan research arm of the Education Department, is suddenly in jeopardy. The Department of Government Efficiency, a Trump administration task force led by Elon Musk, has announced plans to cancel most of the institute’s contracts and training grants.
The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025 DOGE cuts $900 million from agency that tracks American students' academic progress A federal research office that tracks the progress of America’s students is being hit with almost $900 million in cuts after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency found no need for much of its work
International Business Times · Feb 11, 2025 Union Sues Over US Consumer Protection Agency Work Pause The National Treasury Employees Union brought two court cases against acting CFPB director Russell Vought, accusing him of trying to shut down the agency -- which was created by Congress -- and of giving the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to employees' personal information.
The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025 Judge set to rule on Justice Department's demands that Musk resume access to Treasury records A federal judge is likely to quickly decide whether to let Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency resume accessing Treasury Department records containing sensitive personal data for millions of Americans after lawyers in the dispute could not resolve their differences