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DOGE Employees Ordered to Stop Using Slack While Agency Transitions to a Records System Not Subject to FOIA — Employees working for the agency now known as DOGE have been ordered to stop using Slack while government lawyers attempt to transition the agency to one that is not subject …
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New Democratic bill targets Elon Musk — A veteran House Democrat is introducing new legislation to respond to billionaire Trump ally Elon Musk's overhaul of the federal government: Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) on Wednesday rolled out the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy …
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Transcript: Jamie Raskin's Brutal Takedown of Elon Musk Hits the Mark
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DOGE-curious Dems dwindle after early Musk moves
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Struggling Democrats Find a ‘Good Villain’ in DOGE Lord Elon Musk
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There Is No Going Back — Even if anyone had elected Elon Musk to anything, the past week would still be one of the most serious examples of executive branch malfeasance in American history. — Musk has seized hold of critical levers of power and authority within the federal government …
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This Is So Much Worse Than Last Time … There is practically no way to describe …
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C.I.A. Sends White House an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees — The list of partial names was provided in an effort to comply with an executive order to trim the federal work force. — The C.I.A. sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired …
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The CIA Is About to Get a Trump Makeover — Spy agency's workforce receives buyout-style offer — WASHINGTON—The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump's priorities, including targeting drug cartels.
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Trump Proposes U.S. Takeover of Gaza and Says All Palestinians Should Leave — The president met with the Israeli prime minister at the White House, meeting in person with another world leader for the first time since returning to power. — 1.9k — President Trump declared on Tuesday …
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Trump's suggestion that US ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip is rejected by allies and adversaries alike — President Donald Trump's proposal that the United States “take over” the Gaza Strip and permanently resettle its Palestinian residents was swiftly rejected and denounced on Wednesday by American allies and adversaries alike.
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With Gaza Plan, an Unbound Trump Pushes an Improbable Idea
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Johnson says Trump's Gaza takeover proposal could be ‘bold step’ in restoring peace
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Rand Paul recoils at Trump's Gaza takeover plans: ‘I thought we voted for America First’
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DOGE Aides Search Medicare Agency Payment Systems for Fraud — Elon Musk's allies have been on site at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services offices this week — Representatives of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have been working at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services …
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Why Elon Will Be Trump's Undoing — Yes, yes, “the wheels of justice grind slowly” and all that. But when do the courts get involved? — Happy Wednesday. — Never Musk — by William Kristol — It's grim out there. Limiting the damage done by Donald Trump and the Trumpists …
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Predictability is the victim of Trump's tariff threats — An inconsistent US is an unreliable partner — it's that simple — Donald Trump's 25 per cent tariffs on Canada's and Mexico's exports, along with the 10 per cent tariff on China's, change the world.
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Trump Is Turning Out To Be a Very Pro-China President
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Too Funny to Check: USAID Checkbook Snaps Shut, Politico Paychecks Shut Down? UPDATE — For pure, unadulterated, old-fashioned entertainment, it is an indisputable truth that: … (Apologies to Rogers and Hammerstein) — For flat-out comedy value, the meltdown DOGE is causing is a tantrum for the ages.
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Judge cements block on Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship — GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge Wednesday furthered a block of President Trump's executive order preventing the children of migrants without legal status from receiving birthright citizenship.
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Federal judge in Md. issues injunction on Trump's birthright citizenship order
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Federal judge blocks Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship
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Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab — In the radical opening weeks of his second term, President Trump has appeared to feel little constraint by any need to show respect for the rule of law. — In his first term, President Trump seemed to relish ripping through …


Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats — Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’ — Staffers with Elon Musk's “department of government efficiency” (Doge) reportedly entered …
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Musk shocks lawmakers, setting himself on collision course — Billionaire businessman Elon Musk is on a collision course with lawmakers on Capitol Hill who are starting to challenge his authority. — Senate Republicans acknowledge they need to cut government spending …
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U.S. Postal Service Reverses Decision to Halt Parcel Service From China — The Postal Service will continue to accept parcels from Hong Kong and China despite a new executive order that will require greater inspection of packages. — The United States Postal Service on Wednesday …
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Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’ — The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black. — Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos …
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The 24-Hour Reality Check: Musk's Impossible Power Grab And America's Crisis — There are twenty-four hours in a day. This isn't a matter of political opinion or technological disruption—it's as immutable as the fact that two plus two equals four. No amount of genius, innovation …


Protests against Trump and Project 2025 are planned in cities across the US — A movement to oppose the early actions of President Donald Trump's administration is taking off online, with plans to protest across the U.S. on Wednesday. — The movement has organized under the hashtags #buildtheresistance …


Elon Musk Weaponizes the Government — The billionaire is turning the U.S. government's own strategy against itself. — Meet The Authors … Over the past few days, people working for the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, Elon Musk's shadowy quasi-governmental organization …
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Black D.C. church vandalized by Proud Boys awarded control of group's name — The ruling effectively prohibits Proud Boys chapters from legally using their own name or typical symbols without the permission of the Metropolitan AME Church. — A historic Black church in D.C. that was vandalized …
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Elon Musk and the League of Shadows — America gets government by vigilante. — ∙ Paid — 1. Vigilante Shit — What is Elon Musk's role within the federal government? — He is not an elected official. He is not an appointed bureaucrat. He is not even a formal employee.
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Elon Musk gets quiet White House reminders his power isn't unchecked — Trump's aides have signaled behind the scenes that Musk still reports to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles. — Tech billionaire and newly minted “special government employee” Elon Musk has received quiet White House reminders …
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Head Start childcare programs are still unable to access federal money after Trump's funding freeze — Programs serving 20,000 children have faced funding delays since Trump's administration announced (and then announced rescinding) a temporary freeze on federal aid last week.
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America's adversaries cheer Trump admin's USAID teardown … - Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev praised Elon Musk — Trump's righthand man who has led the charge against USAID — for “trying to plug USAID's Deep Throat.” — Russian ultra-nationalist Alexander Dugin praised …
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Trump-voting states have more to lose if Education Department dismantled … - States that voted for Trump last November, on average, use more federal funding in their education apportions than states that voted for former Vice President Harris. — “That dependence is, in large part …
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Higher Ed Fights Back Against Trump's DEI Order — The American Association of University Professors and others argue in a new lawsuit that the executive orders violate the Constitution. — College professors and university diversity officers are teaming up with nonprofits and local governments …
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The “deferred resignation” scam — Last week, Popular Information broke down the “offer” that the Trump administration was making to millions of federal employees to induce them to resign voluntarily. The Trump administration wanted federal employees to believe that if they agreed …
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