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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth steps out to welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Pentagon during an honor cordon on Feb. 5.

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  • Politics

Pentagon proposes $50 billion in annual cuts and identifies priorities to expand

The Pentagon has proposed cutting 8% of its budget annually for five years but prioritized funding in areas like drones, military assistance for the southern border and a U.S. Iron Dome.

February 20, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Bowman
Elon Musk speaks as President Trump looks on in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 11.

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  • Politics

DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn't add up

A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.

February 20, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk with his son X Æ A-Xii and President Trump in the Oval Office on Feb. 11. Musk has been tapped by President Trump to lead federal cost-cutting efforts.

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  • Technology

Trump says Elon Musk's $10 million settlement over Twitter suit was 'a big discount'

It's the second tech company to agree to a payout after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol prompted Trump to be kicked off numerous social media platforms.

February 19, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it is taking steps to optimize its workforce and reduce its spending — but is now trying to rescind the firing of some employees.

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  • Politics

The USDA fired staffers working on bird flu. Now it's trying to reverse course

The USDA says "several" staffers working on the bird flu response were terminated over the weekend, and "we are working to swiftly rectify the situation and rescind those letters."

February 19, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the Orion spacecraft aboard the mobile launcher as it rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B, on Nov. 3, 2022, at Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., in preparation for a launch.

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  • Space

Is Trump preparing to cancel America's ride back to the moon?

President Trump launched the Artemis program to return U.S. astronauts to the moon for the first time since Apollo. Now, the plan could be a casualty of the cost-cutting drive overseen by Elon Musk.

February 19, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Many scientists fear that cuts at NSF will slow or stall advances in basic research, including in computer science, causing America to lose its competitive edge.

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  • Science

National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce

NSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research.

February 19, 2025
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By:
  • Jonathan Lambert
Rose spent years trying to land her first job in the federal government. It ended up lasting just a few weeks.

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  • National

She worked for years to get a federal job. Within a month, she was fired

Rose is one of thousands of federal workers who have been terminated by the Trump administration. At 26, she's left wondering what to do now.

February 19, 2025
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  • Geoff Brumfiel
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  • Politics

White House says Elon Musk is not in charge of DOGE -- legally, anyway

Elon Musk is not the legal administrator in charge of the "Department of Government Efficiency," the White House said in a court filing, and has "no actual or formal authority" to make decisions.

February 18, 2025
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  • Stephen Fowler
A view of the CFPB headquarters building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 10, 2025. A judge blocked the agency from laying off more employees after it had terminated more than 100 workers this week.

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  • Business

Federal judge blocks CFPB from laying off more employees

The ruling from a federal court in Washington, D.C., is — for now — a reprieve for CFPB staff who had been bracing for mass layoffs as early as Friday.

February 15, 2025
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley and
  • Rafael Nam
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development so far has not publicly announced any plan for broad cuts, and the timing for any reductions is not clear.

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  • National

HUD employees are bracing for what they hear will be 'drastic' staff cuts

As federal layoffs mount, sources say the Trump administration plans a 50% staffing cut at the federal housing agency. The moves come amid an affordable housing shortage and record high homelessness.

February 14, 2025
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By:
  • Jennifer Ludden
The U.S. Department of Agriculture building in a 2019 file photo. Workers around the sprawling federal agency were told Friday that their jobs had been eliminated as part of sweeping layoffs from the new Trump Administration.

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  • Politics

Layoffs accelerate at federal agencies with more cuts to come

Federal agencies continued to lay off workers Friday. The cuts come after President Trump signed an executive order this week directing agencies to prepare for "large-scale" reductions in force.

February 14, 2025
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By:
  • Shannon Bond,
  • Jennifer Ludden,
  • and 3 more
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk delivers remarks alongside President Trump during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday.

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  • Politics

Rounding up what happened with Elon Musk and DOGE this week

Elon Musk has emerged as a key figure in President Trump's plans to reshape the government. Here's a recap of this week with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team he leads.

February 14, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
People walk past the U.S. Department of Energy building in Washington, D.C.

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  • News

Sweeping cuts hit recent federal hires as Trump administration slashes workforce

Employees across several agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management, the Department of Education and Department of Energy, have all been affected, with many being given notice Thursday.

February 14, 2025
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By:
  • Shannon Bond,
  • Geoff Brumfiel,
  • and 2 more
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks as President Trump signed an executive order about limiting the size of the federal workforce. Musk is leading the Department of Government Efficiency team that claims to have uncovered billions of dollars of savings, though the data underlying those claims is murky.

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  • Investigations

Musk claims DOGE is saving taxpayers "billions," but the data is unclear

President Trump, Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency have touted billions in terminated contracts deemed wasteful, but there's little transparency about how savings are tracked.

February 13, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
President Trump is joined by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and his son, X Musk, during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday.

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  • Politics

Trump hired Musk as a 'special government employee.' Here's what that means

Special government employees, or SGEs, are typically hired on a temporary basis as experts or consultants or serve as members of federal advisory committees.

February 13, 2025
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  • Joe Hernandez
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