The layoffs, criticized as “short-sighted,” reportedly include meteorologists who did crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the country.

Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are struggling with a key question as they stare down a fast-approaching deadline to fund the government: How do they fund federal agencies that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to dismantle?

"My first project at DOGE is improving the slow and paper-based retirement process," Joe Gebbia wrote in an X post.

Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers from Elon Musk about whether Department of Government Efficiency staffers have shared national security secrets over insecure communication channels.

The Trump administration’s head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) blasted The Washington Post for spreading “fake news" about DOGE cutting 90% of EEOC's workforce.

The immense contempt they have for federal workers; the immense contempt they feel for the courts or anyone else who might slow their efforts to fire said federal workers; the zealous energy they bring to cutting as many people as possible;

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DOGE sees falling bond yields as a sign it's doing a good job. But it could be part of the problem.

While some agencies have resisted efforts by Elon Musk’s team to access confidential records, HUD has opened the door. The potential harm to privacy could be significant.