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Kristof: Musk Is Wrong, People Are Already Dying

Columnist predicts deaths will soar in undeveloped nations over aid cuts

(Newser) - Elon Musk has insisted that nobody has died as the result of slashed US foreign aid. "That is not true," writes columnist Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times . "In South Sudan, one of the world's poorest countries, the efforts by Musk and President Trump are...

USPS Chief: DOGE Is Going to Help With 'Big Problems'

Louis DeJoy says agency will team up with Musk's group to cut 10K jobs, billions from budget

(Newser) - Postmaster General Louis DeJoy plans to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from the US Postal Service budget, and he'll do that working with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, according to a letter sent to members of Congress on Thursday. DOGE will assist the USPS...

2nd Judge Orders Trump Administration to Rehire Workers

White House has not yet responded to this judge's order

(Newser) - A second federal judge on Thursday handed down an order requiring President Trump's administration to rehire thousands, if not tens of thousands, of probationary workers let go in mass firings across multiple agencies, slowing down for now the president's dramatic downsizing of the federal government. Both judges separately...

Judge Orders Thousands of Federal Workers Rehired

Ruling calls Trump administration's firing of probationary employees an illegal 'sham'

(Newser) - A federal judge has ordered the government to rehire thousands of probationary workers fired after President Trump took office, reports the New York Times . Judge William J. Alsup of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said the mass firings were a "sham" and ordered the...

White House Reacts to Musk's Social Security Comments

Trump administration insists benefits won't be cut

(Newser) - Elon Musk sparked alarm Monday when he suggested the Department of Government Efficiency might make cuts to Social Security and other entitlement programs, and the Trump administration on Tuesday clarified that no cuts would be made to benefits that are collected under those programs.
  • Musk: "The waste and fraud
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DC's New Feud Pits Elon Musk vs. Mark Kelly
DC's New Feud
Pits Elon Musk
vs. Mark Kelly
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Mar 11, 2025 12:03 PM CDT

DC's New Feud Pits Elon Musk vs. Mark Kelly

Face of DOGE called the senator and former astronaut a 'traitor' for trip to Ukraine

(Newser) - Elon Musk has picked a fight with Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, and the former astronaut and ex-Navy pilot seems happy to oblige. Coverage:
  • The sniping began when Kelly posted a photo of his recent trip to Ukraine, writing that "what I saw proved to me we can'
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WHO: Tuberculosis Could Surge After Aid Cuts
WHO: Tuberculosis
Likely to Surge After Aid Cuts
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Mar 10, 2025 2:30 AM CDT

WHO: Tuberculosis Likely to Surge After Aid Cuts

US would likely feel the effects, too, expert warns

(Newser) - The latest dire warning in the wake of the Trump administration's massive aid cuts: Tuberculosis could surge around the globe. "Without immediate action, hard-won progress in the fight against TB is at risk," the director of the WHO's Global Program on TB and Lung Health said...

DOGE's Cuts in One IRS Division Are Perplexing
DOGE's Cuts in
One IRS Division
Are Perplexing
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Mar 8, 2025 4:15 PM CST

DOGE's Cuts in One IRS Division Are Perplexing

The Large Business and International division has experts who bring in billions

(Newser) - The IRS is working on a plan that would see its 90,000-strong workforce reduced by as much as half, the AP 's sources say. The cuts would come as part of President Trump's DOGE-led moves to pare down the size of the federal workforce, and would...

Will DOGE Help Democrats? Virginia Is an Early Test

State has a ton of federal workers, along with an off-year election

(Newser) - Virginia elects a governor later this year, and the off-year election is already getting attention because it's seen as a bellwether of President Trump's cost-cutting ways. As the Christian Science Monitor reports, the politics aren't that complicated: The state has a ton of federal workers—more than...

Murkowski Goes After DOGE, USAID Cuts

GOP senator also describes 'callous' handling of government employees

(Newser) - Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican who would prefer no label , is once again speaking out against the Trump administration , this time over its efforts to dismantle USAID. Writing Thursday on X , the Alaska senator said she'd met this week with USAID employees from her state, who described "the...

Trump Tweaks Orders on Musk's Firings

President says DOGE steps in only if Cabinet members' cuts are insufficient

(Newser) - Despite the mass dismissals, ultimatum emails sent to government employees, and repeated support for his billionaire adviser, President Trump told Cabinet members on Thursday that Elon Musk isn't in charge of their departments and their firings—they are. It was Trump's first significant attempt to limit Musk's...

Social Security Staffers Barred From Reading News at Work

Meanwhile, acting chief acknowledges DOGE will likely make 'mistakes' as it makes cuts

(Newser) - Uncertainty surrounding the Social Security Administration continues, the latest entry coming via the Washington Post . The newspaper reports that acting chief Leland Dudek met with top staff and attorneys representing the elderly and disabled this week and acknowledged that Elon Musk's DOGE team is likely to make "mistakes"...

Trump Administration Looking to Sell 321 Federal Buildings

Some iconic ones were originally included on the list, though many were later removed

(Newser) - The Trump administration on Tuesday published a list of 443 federal properties it says it could close or sell, including the FBI headquarters and the main Department of Justice building, after deeming them "not core to government operations." The list published by the General Services Administration includes some...

DOGE Deletes More Errant Claims From Site

Elon Musk's group updates 'wall of receipts' to drop $4B in claims

(Newser) - DOGE's "wall of receipts" continues to have problems. The Department of Government Efficiency is using the site to list all of the government contracts it has scrapped and to tally up the resulting savings. But from the start, the DOGE list has been plagued by inaccuracies , including the...

Ex-Head of SSA Sees Imminent Social Security 'Collapse'

Martin O'Malley advises to 'start saving now,' predicts some checks may stop in next 30-90 days

(Newser) - The Social Security Administration hasn't missed sending out benefits checks in the more than 80 years that it's been doing so, but that may be about to change amid recent moves by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to slash spending at government agencies, according to a...

Some Federal Agencies Do U-Turn on Musk Email

Second email to federal workers has a midnight deadline

(Newser) - Federal employees face a midnight deadline to comply with Elon Musk's second demand for reports on their recent accomplishments, a request that has become a flashpoint within the government workforce. The email was sent out Friday evening.
  • Musk and President Trump have suggested that employees who don't comply
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Mark Cuban Has Advice for Workers Fired by DOGE

Billionaire suggests tech staffers become consultants 'to fix the mess' now being created

(Newser) - Billionaire Mark Cuban has some advice for government workers laid off by fellow billionaire Elon Musk. "Group together to start a consulting company," he wrote on Bluesky . "It's just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create." As...

Layoffs Hit Hurricane Tracking, Weather Forecasting
Mass Firings Hit NOAA
Feb 28, 2025 6:11 AM CST

Mass Firings Hit NOAA

800 out on Thursday in 'a move toward putting Americans in danger every day'

(Newser) - The Trump administration brought its chainsaw to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday, reportedly firing 800 employees in a single day. Several hundred more will be out Friday as part of the administration's deferred resignation program, reports the New York Times . The administration is also expected to...

Daily Show Accepts Musk's Terms to Appear

Billionaire said he'd sit for interview if it was aired 'unedited'

(Newser) - Jon Stewart has plenty of ideas for how DOGE could save trillions of dollars without indiscriminately firing thousands of workers and it appears he may get the chance to inform Elon Musk directly. After the Daily Show host became so angry in his rant against DOGE's cost-cutting measures on...

USAID Workers Told to Clear Out in 15 Minutes

Insulted employees are instructed not to bring hand grenades to clear out office

(Newser) - Thousands of US Agency for International Development workers who've been fired or placed on leave as part of the Trump administration's dismantling of the agency are being given a brief window Thursday and Friday to clear out their workspaces. In total, about 15 minutes, the AP reports. USAID...

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