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Sweeping cuts hit recent federal hires as Trump administration slashes workforce

5:58pm February 13, 2025

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.

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

5:00am February 13, 2025

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

CFPB Headquarters To Be Closed This Week, Employees Ordered To Work From Home

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Elon Musk's DOGE takes aim at agency that had plans of regulating X

5:00am February 12, 2025

Musk and other Silicon Valley executives have long railed against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for its work overseeing the tech industry. Now, Musk hopes to eliminate the agency.

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Efforts to fight foreign influence and protect elections in question under Trump

7:47pm February 11, 2025

Staffers at the U.S. cybersecurity agency working on countering foreign disinformation and on election security have been put on leave, according to sources who spoke anonymously for fear of reprisal.

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Trump and Musk appear together in the Oval Office to defend the work of DOGE

6:52pm February 11, 2025

Trump and Musk spoke as the president signed a new executive order calling on the heads of federal agencies to "promptly undertake preparations to initiate large-scale reductions in force."

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HUD is bracing as DOGE seeks to cut waste, fraud. Union leaders have a suggestion

6:32pm February 11, 2025

The Trump administration is reviewing contracts across the federal housing agency. Some employees worry about potentially "devastating" cuts, though union leaders also hope some good may come of it.

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

4:59pm February 11, 2025

by Stephen Fowler

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.

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GSA staff facing massive cuts and fears of 'nonstop' surveillance

2:23pm February 11, 2025

The remaining employees at the General Services Administration are being warned that their work will be heavily monitored, from their swipes into the office to what they type on their computers.

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Congress now has a DOGE Caucus. Here's how its co-chair says it will work

5:34pm February 10, 2025

by Justine Kenin

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rep. Pete Sessions, co-chair of the House DOGE Caucus, on how he plans to work with the Department of Government Efficiency.

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Who is part of Elon Musk's DOGE, and what are they doing?

4:23pm February 07, 2025

The scope of DOGE's work and the identities of the people carrying it out isn't fully clear — leaving agencies and government workers in chaos.

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