“The U.S. government hasn’t actually paid us since the end of December. We have about $12 million that we’ve delivered. We wonder if that’s — is the U.S. government still good? Is their word still good?” Just weeks after he took office, President Trump took aim at U.S.A.I.D. “The whole thing is a fraud. Very…
Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Hottges speaks during Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest mobile fair, in Barcelona on March 3, 2025. Lluis Gene | Afp | Getty Images BARCELONA — Europe needs its own version of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Höttges said Monday as he made an impassioned…
US government workers received an email on Saturday afternoon asking them to list their accomplishments from the past week or resign – the latest development in the Trump administration’s efforts targeting the federal workforce. The email came after billionaire Trump confidante Elon Musk tweeted that employees would “shortly receive an email requesting to understand what…
President Trump said on Wednesday evening that the newly established Department of Government Efficiency might return a portion of the savings accrued through job cuts and other budget curbs to American taxpayers. The idea of giving back 20 percent of the money saved as a result of initiatives recommended by the new department, known as…
U.S. President Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday that he’s considering sending 20% of the money saved by the Department of Government Efficiency advisory group to Americans. “There’s even under consideration a new concept where we give 20% of the DOGE savings to American citizens and 20% goes to paying down debt,” Trump said during his…
Who, exactly, runs the so-called Department of Government Efficiency? You might think it would be Elon Musk, the man who President Trump said “will lead the Department of Government Efficiency” alongside Vivek Ramaswamy, before Mr. Ramaswamy stepped away from it last month. But when Mr. Trump set up the cost-cutting body in an executive order…
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston was abruptly closed to visitors on Tuesday, and the federal agency that operates the site did not provide any explanation for the sudden disruption. Members of the Kennedy family said that Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency had fired members of the library’s staff,…
Elon Musk speaks next to President Donald Trump, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Staffers from Elon Musk’s secretive government slashing effort, DOGE, have pushed the highest-ranking officials at the Department of Education — even those recently appointed by President Donald…
Trump asked if he trusts Elon Musk President Trump has defended Elon Musk’s drive to shut down sections of the US government amid legal challenges, transparency concerns and questions over conflicts of interest. “He’s not gaining anything. In fact, I wonder how he can devote the time to it,” Trump said Sunday. Democrats have accused…
Reuters Demonstrators hold signs during a protest outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Saturday The Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) have moved to take control of – and possibly shut down – an agency set up to protect consumers in the wake of the 2007-8 financial crisis. The Consumer…
