Seth Meyers on Trump’s address to Congress: ‘Interminable and excruciating’ Late-night hosts picked over the longest ever such speech to a joint session and criticized the Democrats’ response The Guardian - US · Mar 6, 2025
Trump administration briefing: trade turmoil, Zelenskyy peace offer and British fury at Vance As the world awaits Donald Trump’s first key speech to Congress in second term, here are the key US politics stories from Tuesday at a glance The Guardian - US · Mar 5, 2025
Quick Facts About Rodney McMullen: Net Worth, Resignation, Family, Lawsuits and More Rodney McMullen, former CEO of Kroger, resigned following an internal investigation, leaving behind a legacy of leadership, controversy over a failed merger, and a £5.9 billion stock buyback dispute. International Business Times UK · Mar 3, 2025
Trump's Dramatic Crossroads Between Protectionism and Dynamism The GOP faces a choice about how to move forward. Reason · Mar 1, 2025
Second Musk email arrives ordering all federal employees to justify their roles New round of emails from ‘Doge’ department begin appearing as early as Friday The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2025
Elon Musk is firing thousands of workers – why this could be the biggest jobs cut in US history Elon Musk is wielding a chainsaw against US government departments, potentially culling tens of thousands of jobs, as part of a huge plan to shrink the government and slash federal spending. The Conversation · Feb 28, 2025
Elon Musk and DOGE are using Slack, Salesforce CEO Benioff says Benioff says "very exciting" move shows potential of Salesforce for US government. TechRadar · Feb 27, 2025
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says federal staff don’t deserve to be paid The Georgia representative unleashed on her ‘Democrat colleagues pitching tantrums’ over Musk’s dismantling of the federal government The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025
Marjorie Taylor Greene States That Federal Employees 'Do Not Deserve' Their Paychecks in Defense of DOGE Cuts Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene stated in a house committee meeting that federal employees do not deserve their employment or compensation. International Business Times · Feb 25, 2025
Republican Lawmakers Are Showing Concerns over The Scope of Musk's Crusade To Slash Spending As Musk's DOGE continues its efforts to slash government spending, some Republican lawmakers are privately and publicly raising concerns about its effects. Latin Times · Feb 25, 2025
Trump administration briefing: chaos caused by Musk’s Doge; fears over far-right podcaster tapped for FBI From the latest in Musk’s fight to fire federal workers to concern over appointment of Dan Bongino – key US politics stories from Monday at a glance The Guardian - US · Feb 25, 2025
Trump’s mineral grab has all the elements of an earworm Brief letters: Trumped by Tom Lehrer | The wrong don | Gulf names | Cork house | Doge The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2025
DOGE's Complicated Story Plus: When FOIA stops working, how the pandemic shifted young people to the right, and more... Reason · Feb 19, 2025
A subtitle gadget that can make a great film even better Brief letters: Hear, hear! | New towns, old promises | Being childish at school | Summing up ability | Smiles for Miles | Sounds Doge The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2025
The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2025 MAGA actor runs to Fox to beg Elon Musk to save ‘good’ pro-Trump federal workers from DOGE cuts ‘But there are good people, people that voted for Donald Trump who are losing their job. And we got to make sure that we don’t leave those folks behind,’ Zachary Levi said in an interview with Fox News host Jesse Watters.
International Business Times UK · Feb 18, 2025 'Vampires on Benefits': Elon Musk Claims Millions on US Social Security Are Over 100 Elon Musk shared data that over 20 million people over the age of 100, including many who are dead or never existed, could be receiving Social Security payments.
The Guardian - US · Feb 15, 2025 Musk’s takeover of US health agencies raises pandemic threat, experts warn Doge wreaks havoc on HHS and CDC as Trump seeks to grant committee sweeping governmental powers
The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2025 Trump goes on All Caps rant on Truth Social touching on Ukraine, DOGE cuts and the ‘BEST EVER’ week “THREE GREAT WEEKS, PERHAPS THE BEST EVER, BUT TODAY IS THE BIG ONE,” the president bellowed
International Business Times · 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 Only 75,000 Federal Workers Take Trump, Musk Buyout Offer The number of federal workers that accepted President Trump's buyout offer under the "Fork in the Road" program did not reach the White House's projection following union pushback.
The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025 Fox News brought everyday ‘Trump voters’ on as guests. They’re actually Republican activists One of the guests told The Independent that Fox News did not ask him about his past political campaigns during his recent conversations with the network, adding that he’d appeared on the channel in the past and first came in contact with Fox a couple of years ago.
The Guardian - US · Feb 10, 2025 Trump tells treasury to end ‘wasteful’ production of pennies President says minting of low-denomination one-cent coins costs more than their face value, echoing Elon Musk
The Guardian - US · Feb 9, 2025 US Democrats call for more aggressive tactics against Trump and Musk: ‘We’re going to be the opposition’ As Trump aims to dismantle large swaths of US government, growing outcry from Democrats appears to be having an effect
The Guardian - US · Feb 8, 2025 Meet the young Musketeers, our unelected overlords employed by ‘Doge’ Elon Musk’s crew, most of whom can’t rent a car without paying the ‘under 25’ fee, have access to our sensitive personal data
Fortune · Jan 23, 2025 Elizabeth Warren sent Elon Musk 30 ideas for how DOGE can cut U.S. spending The senator sent Musk a letter with 30 recommendations for how his DOGE commission could slash $2 trillion in U.S. spending over the next 10 years.