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When Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency took a chainsaw to the federal workforce this winter, the dust felt like it might never settle.The administration said the initiative was designed to “streamline the Federal Government, eliminate unnecessary programs, and reduce bureaucratic inefficiency.” Chaotic rollouts, weekend emails, contentious court…
Jill Hornick feels like she’s at a funeral.She has been a Social Security field office employee for 34 years, and serves as the administrative director of a Chicago-based union representing her colleagues. Since President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency began large-scale cuts of the federal workforce, Hornick…
Elon Musk said that brandishing a chainsaw onstage in February probably wasn’t such a good idea.Musk — who’s been on a tear criticizing President Donald Trump’s spending bill — was posting on X about the debt ceiling on Tuesday. That got a response from an X user who criticized Musk…
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