DOGE
Alexander Simonpour, who has worked at Tesla for several years, has popped up at NASA.He’s scheduled to attend a meeting next week with other DOGE people on NASA’s layoff plans.At least four people with Tesla connections have joined the Elon Musk-linked initiative.A longtime Tesla engineering manager is on the DOGE…
Congress is voting to avert a shutdown, and DOGE is scrambling the calculus for both sides.Democrats are voting against the bill, arguing DOGE is already shutting down the government.Meanwhile, Republicans who usually hate voting for funding bills are changing tack because of DOGE.As lawmakers vote this week to fund the…
Donald Trump continues to call Elon Musk DOGE’s leader.Trump’s latest comments came during his joint address to Congress.The White House and the Justice Department have said Musk is not leading DOGE.During his record-setting joint address to Congress, President Donald Trump continued calling Elon Musk the leader of the White House…
Elon Musk’s effort to shrink and automate the federal government includes a team at the Department of Labor.Members include Marko Elez, Aram Moghaddassi, and Miles Collins, whose association with DOGE hasn’t been previously reported.Collins has been connected to a fertility clinic business that is currently facing labor lawsuits. His brother…
Several recently fired federal workers are set to attend Trump’s joint address to Congress.They’ll be there as the guests of Democratic members of Congress.BI spoke with one of them, whose job was to root out waste in Medicare.In February, Matthew Fessler was one of thousands of probationary employees fired by…
An ex-colleague described newly named DOGE acting administrator Amy Gleason as hard-working and apolitical.She was nicknamed “the green dot” for staying active on her work messaging system all hours of the day and night.One of Gleason’s former health-tech employers was also subject to a critical audit and grand jury report.Amy…
Americans are on edge after recent air travel disasters, and some are ditching flying altogether.Social media and recent FAA firings have heightened public anxiety about flying.Despite recent crashes, data shows that flying is still a safe mode of transportation.Collective anxiety about flying often spikes after high-profile accidents, but the combination of…
Social Security Administration employees raised the alarm on Trump’s plan to slash the agency’s workforce.They warned that cuts to staff could delay payments for Social Security beneficiaries.The agency offered its employees early retirement in an effort to cut staff.Delayed payments, longer wait times: Cuts to the Social Security Administration’s workforce…
The Office of Personnel Management said it can now process retirement applications digitally.For decades, the US government has processed retirement paperwork in a mine in Pennsylvania.The facility has been in the crosshairs of the DOGE office.In a video promoted by the White House DOGE office, the Office of Personnel Management…
A judge ruled that federal workers associated with the White House DOGE office can be subpoenaed in a current lawsuit.The lawsuit filed by AFL-CIO seeks information on how the DOGE office is handling sensitive data.US District Judge John Bates highlighted DOGE’s “unclear” structure and authority as keys to the legal…
