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A top U.S. State Department official waived nine mandatory counterterrorism and anti-fraud safeguards to rush a $30 million award last month to a Gaza aid group backed by the Trump administration and Israel,
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Irish Star on MSNDOGE gripped by 'infighting and paranoia' as staffers asked to choose between Musk and TrumpDOGE officials are allegedly being asked whether their loyalty lies with Donald Trump or Elon Musk following their public fallout
Though he officially left the U.S. government in May, Steve Davis -- Elon Musk's low-flying former top lieutenant at the Department of Government Efficiency -- continues wielding influence at DOGE, according to the WSJ.
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Mediaite on MSNTrump Names Musk Foe Interim Head of NASA After Ditching Billionaire’s Ally for RolePresident Donald Trump appointed Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy the interim administrator of NASA in yet another blow to former ally Elon Musk. The post Trump Names Musk Foe Interim Head of NASA After Ditching Billionaire’s Ally for Role first appeared on Mediaite.
Federal employees in Maryland anxiously await the Supreme Court’s decision on whether the Trump administration will be allowed to proceed with firing thousands of federal government workers.
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Trump NOAA pick's confirmation hearing comes amid DOGE cuts, Texas floodingPresident Trump's pick to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Neil Jacobs, appeared on Capitol Hill on Wednesday for his Senate confirmation hearing. CBS News congressional correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.
Trump praised the Department of Government Efficiency for many of its cuts to the federal workforce, specifically citing the exodus at the Environmental Protection Agency, where more than 1,300 employees have left through the Trump administration's deferred resignation program.
Senate Republicans are staring down a mid-July deadline to approve a batch of funding cuts pursued by President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), even as some in the GOP express misgivings about the request.
“We might have to put DOGE on Elon,” Trump added. “You know what DOGE is? DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon. Wouldn’t that be terrible? He gets a lot of subsidies. Elon’s very upset that the EV mandate is going to be terminated.”
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Al Jazeera on MSNEx-DOGE official rushed Trump‑backed GHF grant despite staff warningsThe June 24 action memorandum to Lewin was sent by Kenneth Jackson, also a former DOGE operative who serves as an acting deputy US Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator. The pair has overseen the agency’s dismantling and the merger of its functions into the State Department.
The Trump administration's package to make DOGE spending cuts official still faces some Republican opposition.