Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Federal Agencies
By Abbie Vansickle
State Department notifies staff it will begin firing personnel ‘soon’
By Jennifer Hansler
Judge says she’s not done with RIF case just yet
By Eric Katz
State Department informs workforce of 'targeted reduction' in coming days
By Shannon K. Kingston
Court fight over RIFs continues after Supreme Court ruling
By Jared Serbu
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Key Member of Musk’s DOGE Moves to Social Security
By Nicholas Nehamas & Chris Cameron
‘Big Balls’ No Longer Works for the US Government
By Makena Kelly, Zoë Schiffer & Vittoria Elliott
Teen DOGE staffer 'Big Balls' has gone to work for the Social Security Administration
By David Ingram & Julia Jester
Doge employee ‘Big Balls’ has resigned, says White House official
By Nick Robins
DOGE’s ‘Big Balls’ fails upward, gets new gig in D.C.
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Senate reconciliation bill would give Trump 'carte blanche' to reorganize agencies, lay off feds
By Erich Wagner
Elon Musk announces exit from US government role after breaking with Trump on tax bill
By Lois Beckett
US Government To Add Another $10,000,000,000,000 to National Debt by 2029, According to Prediction Markets
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By Jared Bernstein
Deep In a Fiscal Hole, Congress Just Keeps Digging
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'America's Deficit Reckoning': How the U.S. debt spiral could spark a crisis
By Leslie Picker
Get the Facts: How big is the U.S. national debt?
By Katrina Ventura
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Exclusive: Musk's DOGE expanding his Grok AI in US government, raising conflict concerns
By Marisa Taylor & Alexandra Ulmer
How Universities Became So Dependent on the Federal Government
By Jeremy W. Peters & Andrea Fuller
Elon Musk’s Starlink has growing footprint in federal government
By David Ingram, Lora Kolodny & Jonathan Allen
The Federal Work Force Cuts So Far, Agency by Agency
By Ashley Wu & Elena Shao
US government spending has not slowed under Trump so far, data shows
By Jason Lange, Andy Sullivan & Brad Heath
You Have Reached the U.S. Government
By Patricia Marx
The fallout from DOGE’s approach to government reform
By Elaine Ciulla Kamarck
Is Elon Musk taking over the US government? Here's how 'state capture' works – and why we should be concerned
By Lee Morgenbesser
Is government too big? Reflections on the size and composition of today's federal government | Brookings
By Elaine Ciulla Kamarck
US avoids government shutdown after days of political turmoil
By Max Matza & Anthony Zurcher
Email demands US government workers report DEI programmes
By Kayla Epstein & Brajesh Upadhyay
Public Support for Making U.S. Government More Efficient
By Frank Newport
Texas is relying on FEMA. State leaders said it should be cut
By Rebecca Hersher
Budget limits at DHS delayed FEMA’s Texas deployment, officials say
By Brianna Sacks & Hannah Natanson
FEMA leader is a no-show after deadly Texas flooding
By Thomas Frank
Governors say FEMA is no longer reliable for disaster aid
By Josephine Walker
FEMA’s response to Texas flood slowed by Noem’s cost controls
By Gabe Cohen & Michael Williams
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How federal layoffs set the stage for greater privatization and automation of the US government | Brookings
By Nicol Turner Lee
What happens if the US government shuts down?
By Rachel Looker & Thomas Geoghegan
US government sues California over egg prices
By Dietrich Knauth
Trump administration sues California over cost of eggs
By Iman Palm
Trump’s DOJ blames egg prices on California in new lawsuit
By Bob Egelko
Trump administration sues California, arguing animal cruelty laws cause high egg prices
By Jacob Rosen
‘Unnecessary red tape’: Trump administration sues California over price of eggs
By Juliann Ventura
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Trump's Cuts to Federal Government Are Making Data Disappear
Molly Smith
Technology
- Online tools that professionals use are going dark
- Data used for everything from diagnosing diseases to calculating insurance payouts is being impacted
- Experts say economic data is mostly still reliable, but the trend is troublesome
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US health department widens immigrant benefit restrictions
By Ahmed Aboulenein
US government confirms arrest of Chinese national accused of stealing COVID research and mass-hacking email servers
By Zack Whittaker
Core DOGE team fades after 6 months
By Sophia Cai
New fellowship looks at Trump administration’s impact on civil service
By Michele Sandiford
Artificial intelligence could supercharge Trump's deregulatory push, but experts flag shortfalls
By Sean Newhouse
U.S. Government to Stop Tracking the Costs of Extreme Weather
By Hiroko Tabuchi & Rebecca M. Dzombak
How the Federal Government Is Undermining Election Security
By Lawrence Norden