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News Articles: doge

Elon Musk receives a key from President Trump in the Oval Office on May 30, 2025 to thank him for his work with the Department of Government Efficiency. Days later, the pair were feuding online, though Musk has since apologized.

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  • Politics

Elon Musk may be gone but DOGE isn't done remaking the federal government

Even though the billionaire is no longer leading the Department of Government Efficiency effort, many key staffers — and DOGE ideas — are now more permanently embedded in the federal government.

June 16, 2025
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By:
  • Shannon Bond and
  • Stephen Fowler
The DOGE team may have taken data related to union organizing and labor complaints and hid its tracks, according to a whistleblower.

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  • Politics

Top House Democrat asks Microsoft about DOGE code allegedly tied to NLRB data removal

A top House Democrat is asking Microsoft for information about a DOGE staffer's GitHub account connected to whistleblower allegations of sensitive data leaving the National Labor Relations Board.

June 16, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Jenna McLaughlin
A mix of former and current CDC employees rallied across the street from the CDC main campus Tuesday to call for the resignation of Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on the afternoon following Kennedy's disbanding on the CDC advisory panel on immunizations.

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  • Health

Outrage in Atlanta over 'embarrassing and heartbreaking' changes made to CDC by federal government

Current and former employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are angered by a recent decision by Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to upend an advisory committee that makes vaccine recommendations. 

June 11, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the SpaceX Starship rocket on Nov. 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas, shortly after Trump's election victory.

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  • Politics

From bromance to breakup: How Elon Musk and Donald Trump blew up

The blow up marks the end of an alliance between the president and the billionaire that lasted far longer than many observers expected.

June 07, 2025
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
The Social Security Administration office in San Francisco

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  • Law

Supreme Court grants DOGE access to confidential Social Security records

The order, for now, overturns actions that limited DOGE's access to sensitive private information. In a separate case, the court said DOGE did not have to share internal records with a watchdog group.

June 06, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Anuli Ononye
President Trump meets in the Oval Office on June 5.

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  • Politics

Trump threatens to cut Musk contracts as feud quickly escalates

President Trump and his former adviser, Elon Musk, lashed out at each other on social media Thursday in a public feud that has ramped up since Musk left his role with the administration last week.

June 05, 2025
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By:
  • NPR Washington Desk
President Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk listen to a question from a reporter in the Oval Office on Friday, as Musk concludes his role leading Trump's Department of Government Efficiency.

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  • Politics

Elon Musk is leaving the federal government. What's next for DOGE?

Elon Musk is leaving the Department of Government Efficiency effort. His 130 day tenure was marked by legal setbacks, overstated savings claims and little evidence DOGE made things more efficient.

May 30, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Hundreds of people join a protest in downtown Hamilton, Mont., in April supporting the work of federal employees as President Donald Trump oversees efforts to restructure the nation's government. Federal scientific research and forestry work are part of this small town's economic bedrock.

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  • Health

A small Montana town grapples with the fallouts from federal worker cuts

Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.

May 26, 2025
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By:
  • Katheryn Houghton
Demonstrators raise signs during a rally outside the National Institutes of Health on May 10 in Bethesda, Md.

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  • Politics

A federal judge further halts Trump's radical transformation of government

In her order, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said the president may not initiate large-scale executive branch reorganization without approval from Congress.

May 23, 2025
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
The federal government wants states to turn over data about tens of millions of people who received food assistance benefits since 2020. A new lawsuit challenges that data request.

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  • Politics

Lawsuit challenges USDA demand for food stamp data as some states prepare to comply

The suit claims that efforts to get sensitive information about food aid recipients from states violates federal privacy laws.

May 22, 2025
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By:
  • Jude Joffe-Block and
  • Stephen Fowler
Elon Musk speaking during a town hall meeting on March 30, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisc. ahead of a state Supreme Court election where he invested millions of dollars, only to see his preferred candidate lose. The billionaire announced on Tuesday that he planned to spend less on politics going forward.

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  • Politics

Musk to slow down political spending: 'I think I've done enough'

The billionaire executive was Trump's biggest donor in 2024. Now, however, he is planning to cut back his spending on politics, he said on Tuesday.

May 20, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
A view of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) building headquarters on March 18 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Law

Federal judge blocks Trump's takeover of U.S. Institute of Peace

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell ruled the USIP president and board members were unlawfully fired by President Trump and should be reinstated.

May 19, 2025
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas
The Government Accountability Office, which falls under the legislative branch, has rejected DOGE's efforts to embed staffers at the agency.

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  • Politics

How DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch

NPR has identified nearly 40 small, independent entities – both inside and outside the federal government's control – that a team of young DOGE staffers has tried to access in recent weeks.

May 17, 2025
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By:
  • Shannon Bond and
  • Stephen Fowler
Legislation in Congress would claw back two years of funding for the public media system, along with money for foreign aid programs.

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  • Politics

DOGE tried assigning a team to the Government Accountability Office. It refused

An attempt by DOGE to assign a team to the independent Government Accountability Office was rejected Friday. The GAO is part of the legislative branch and not subject to DOGE's request.

May 16, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Shannon Bond
Daniel Berulis filed a whistleblower disclosure with Congress claiming that DOGE staffers compromised the NLRB's computer networks and may have taken sensitive data in the process.

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  • Politics

Labor watchdog opens investigation into DOGE whistleblower claims after NPR reporting

DOGE employees demanded the highest level of access to the labor agency's systems, according to a whistleblower and reporting from NPR. The whistleblower said sensitive data then left the agency.

May 16, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Jenna McLaughlin
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