US EditionDOGE team defends federal layoffs: ‘Almost no one has gotten fired’
- Elon Musk defended the Department of Government Efficiency, stating that 'almost no one has gotten fired' amid federal layoffs.
- Anthony Armstrong reported that less than 0.15% of the federal workforce has received a reduction in force notice.
- Concerns arose that essential programs like Social Security are at risk due to DOGE's actions, with the Washington Post noting that the Social Security Administration website 'crashed four times in 10 days this month.'
- DOGE team members promised to improve federal technology and record-keeping, aiming for an 'Apple Store like experience' according to Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb.
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Trump defender hammered for comparing VA vet firings by DOGE to 'cleaning out the garage'
Attorney Arthur Aidala defended federal employee firings under Donald Trump's administration during a CNN appearance on Saturday morning, but angered his fellow panelists after he was confronted with America's veterans also seeing their jobs taken away which he blew off.Sitting next to CNN conservat...
The housing market now has more ‘downside risks’: layoffs from DOGE and the trade war
Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Slok said layoffs from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and Trump’s trade war could pose a threat to housing, which had a decent month of sales in an otherwise frozen market. A higher unemployment rate would only make matters worse. It was a week of back-to-back housing data that revealed some positive and some negative manifestations in the market. But there is an unanticipated development to watch …
How Nevada programs are faring the wake of Trump admin's cuts, cancellations - The Nevada Independent
Nevadans are learning that unlike Las Vegas, what happens in Washington (and Mar-a-Lago) doesn’t stay in Washington. After more than two months into the Trump administration, we’re starting to see the impacts of the funding cuts, cancellations and rescissions pursued by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). As my colleagues Tabitha Mueller and Eric Neugeboren reported, nearly 50 state health employees were let go after th…
Will AI drones fill the DOGE void?
Elon Musk’s DOGE has introduced some novel mental states into various parts of the American polity. Among its supporters, one finds both triumphalism and confusion. Among its opponents, one finds outrage, or sadness, or alarm, or all of these things combined, and confusion. There’s confusion on both sides because everyone is trying to figure out whether Donald Trump and Musk are using DOGE to balance the federal budget, or to reduce regulations …
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