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DOGE takes over key website that handles distribution of $500bn in federal grants

The move further expands DOGE’s power over federal spending

The Independent UK

Judge relaxes ban on DOGE access to sensitive US Treasury information

A New York judge has relaxed a ban she'd put on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency preventing it from accessing sensitive U.S. Treasury Department information

The Independent UK

Musk Mocked After 'Top Secret' Cabinet Meeting Notes Go Viral: 'They Wrote That to Make Him Feel Included'

Social media users are mocking billionaire Trump ally Elon Musk after a photo of his notepad during a cabinet meeting began making rounds online, with the words "Top Secret!!" scrawled onto it in blue ink.

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Top Trump Officials Reportedly Annoyed By Musk To The Point Of Leaving Rooms: 'He's Not Funny, Like, At All'

Top Trump officials are reportedly annoyed by Elon Musk's behavior at government meetings, with many earnestly asking each other if the DOGE head is high

Latin Times

Elon Musk's DOGE team given 'alarming degree' of access to NASA systems, House Democrats say

The latest in a series of letters from House Democrats to NASA officials claims that Elon Musk's DOGE staffers have been given "unrestricted physical access" to agency facilities. NASA has yet to respond.

Space

Elon Musk drastically drops DOGE’s savings goal from $2 trillion to $150 billion for the year

In a cabinet meeting, Elon Musk appeared to dramatically lower DOGE’s savings goal.

Fortune

Mississippi orders deletion of race and gender databases in state libraries

Library commission says state ‘in dire shape’ and has ‘had a reconsideration of everything with regard to’ Doge

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Here is the agreement DOGE has with the consumer watchdog agency it is cutting up

The CFPB is on the hook for all travel or training expenses incurred as part of the USDS employees assigned to them.

Fortune

House Democrats warn Trump that Musk must leave by May 30 and demand the president agree to the timeline

Musk has said DOGE will have accomplished ‘most’ of its work by May deadline

The Independent UK

US budget deficit grows to $1.3 trillion, the second highest six-month level on record

The U.S. budget deficit has grown to more than $1.3 trillion in the first half of the fiscal year

The Independent UK

House Democrats Launch Campaign To Oust Elon Musk From The Government By June

House Democrats launched a campaign to force Elon Musk out of the Trump administration by May 30, citing a law that puts limits on special government employees.

Latin Times

Elon Musk's DOGE Says Tax Dollars Went To 'Fake People Born In The Future'

Elon Musk has repeatedly said there was fraudulent activity within federal agencies, and on Tuesday, the DOGE alleged that thousands of people "born in the future" claimed a total of $69 million in unemployment benefits.

International Business Times

Elon Musk’s DOGE ‘auditors’ finally getting audited by federal Government Accountability Office: report

Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s controversial DOGE is being audited by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), according to a new report.

The Independent UK

SEC lawyer heading case on Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition resigns, cites ‘heartbreaking’ decision

Robin Andrews led contentious litigation against Musk that was filed shortly before President Trump took office.

Fortune

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The Independent UK

Usha Vance was asked about JD calling for rehiring of DOGE staffer who posted ‘normalize Indian hate.’ Here’s how she responded

Usha Vance also described what it was like to be booed alongside her husband at the Kennedy Center

The Guardian - US

US senator introduces conflict of interest bill aimed at Elon Musk

Exclusive: Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire seeks to set limits on special government employees in response to Musk’s White House role

The Independent UK

IRS chief resigns after Trump administration strikes deal to share undocumented taxpayer data

‘Backroom deal’ could hand taxpayer data to ICE agents as part of Trump’s deportation blitz

The Guardian - US

Two visions within Trump world are battling for primacy. Which will win?

The second Trump administration was backed and is staffed by two major – and widely differing - ideological projects

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Musk's DOGE reportedly deploys AI to monitor federal workers for anti-Trump sentiment

The Trump administration has made no secret of its desire for a smaller government staffed by loyalists.

LiveScience

Scientific research is the lifeblood of our economy. Now, a wrecking ball has come.

DOGE cuts to NOAA Fisheries aren't making anything more efficient — they're stripping the ability of fishers to adapt their businesses to changing conditions. Similar impacts are being felt across different disciplines, and the U.S. science community must choose whether to look inward, hoping for better days, or to fight…

Euronews

Musk calls Trump adviser 'moron' in quarrel over Tesla

The South African-born billionaire's latest spat further fuelled rumours of his growing rift with Trump. Influential allies have also criticised the US president's tariffs.

The Guardian - AU

Australian government gave $2.7m to Elon Musk’s X for advertisements in billionaire’s first year as owner

Exclusive: Spending came after the Albanese government paused ads for a week amid reports ads were appearing next to inappropriate content

The Independent UK

Trump promises to raise military budget to $1 trillion even as DOGE hacks other agencies to the bones

President says some of the funding to pay for the increase would come from savings under Elon Musk’s department

The Independent UK

Mar-a-Lago to get $1.8 million in ‘security enhancements’ as DOGE takes a chainsaw to government spending

Exclusive: The taxpayer-funded upgrades come while spending on education and public health is gutted and entire federal agencies are eliminated by Donald Trump and “First Buddy” Elon Musk

Reason

Milton Friedman's Warning to DOGE

The Nobel Prize-winning economist says the Iron Triangle of Politics must be defeated to cut down the government for good.

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