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Musk Joins Trump for Signing of DOGE Order

Executive order calls for 'large-scale reductions' in federal workforce

(Newser) - President Trump made a rare appearance with Elon Musk, his most powerful adviser, in the Oval Office on Tuesday before signing an executive order to continue downsizing the federal workforce. The AP reviewed a White House fact sheet on the order, which is intended to advance Musk's work slashing...

Surprise Musk Offer Highlights Simmering Feud
After Musk
Offer, Altman
Says: 'I Feel
for the Guy'
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Feb 11, 2025 12:06 PM CST

After Musk Offer, Altman Says: 'I Feel for the Guy'

Surprise bid for OpenAI highlights a long-simmering tech feud

(Newser) - Elon Musk surprised the world of tech and business on Monday by engineering an offer to buy OpenAI, the artificial intelligence firm behind ChatGPT. Sam Altman, OpenAI's chief executive, immediately shot down the bid, but that is far from the end of things. The gist of coverage is that...

Musk-Led Group Seeks to Buy OpenAI for $97.4B

'No thank you but we will buy Twitter for $9.74 billion if you want,' Altman says

(Newser) - A group of investors led by Elon Musk is offering about $97.4 billion for OpenAI, escalating a legal dispute with the artificial intelligence company that Musk helped found. Musk—who has his own AI startup, xAI—and a consortium of investment firms want to take control of the ChatGPT...

As Courts Push Back on Trump, GOP Questions Their Authority

An increasing number of voices on the right are questioning judicial authority

(Newser) - After Elon Musk called for judges who have ruled against the Trump administration to be impeached , others on the right were echoing that general idea. Below is a sampling of the conservative figures currently questioning the court's authority and the very legitimacy of judiciary oversight, which the AP calls...

Musk Wants Judge Impeached Over Injunction Blocking Him

Paul Engelmayer's ruling on Treasury Department access might not last more than a week anyway

(Newser) - It's only a preliminary injunction, and another court will decide whether to extend it or toss it, but a federal judge's decision against Elon Musk was upsetting enough for the billionaire to demand his impeachment " NOW ." US District Judge Paul Engelmayer made the ruling early Saturday...

Judge Blocks DOGE's Access to Treasury Payment System

A preliminary injunction was issued early Saturday

(Newser) - Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency's ability to access a sensitive system used by the Treasury Department to make federal payments has been put on ice by a federal judge. US District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer issued a preliminary injunction early Saturday in response to a suit filed...

DOGE Aide Who Resigned After Racist Posts Outcry Is Back

Vance says 'stupid' posts shouldn't 'ruin a kid's life'

(Newser) - The Department of Government Efficiency staff member who quit after his racist online posts became an issue is being welcomed back by the boss. Marko Elez, whose posts included such sentiments as "I was racist before it was cool" and "normalize Indian hate," resigned Thursday . On Friday,...

DOGE Staffer: 'I Was Racist Before It Was Cool'

25-year-old Marko Elez, who gained access to Treasury's payments systems, resigns

(Newser) - A staffer at Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has resigned after racist X posts came to light. Marko Elez, 25, who was reportedly granted administrator-level privileges to read and write code in the Treasury Department's payments systems , resigned Thursday after the Wall Street Journal asked the White...

Musk's Teen DOGE Lieutenant Has Some Iffy Security Issues

'I would probably have recommended against hiring him,' says former FBI agent of Edward Coristine

(Newser) - Wired has previously reported on the small army of young engineers helping Elon Musk in his mission to slash federal spending. The outlet continues the theme with a new story focusing on a 19-year-old member of Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, Edward Coristine. The piece notes that Coristine is...

Want an Easy Way Cut $2T? Think Nuclear
Want an
Easy Way
to Cut $2T?
Think Nuclear
OPINION
Feb 6, 2025 2:36 PM CST

Want an Easy Way to Cut $2T? Think Nuclear

Dan Vergano calls for ending nuclear weapons modernization

(Newser) - Elon Musk has an easy task in cutting $2 trillion from the federal budget in the view of Scientific American opinion editor Dan Vergano. But rather than going after the NOAA or the Labor Department , his Department of Government Efficiency should "recommend ending one of the most misguided, wasteful...

Tesla Sales Plunge in Europe
Tesla Sales
Plunge in Europe
Feb 6, 2025 1:25 PM CST

Tesla Sales Plunge in Europe

After a bad 2024, 2025 starts out much worse—and Musk's politics may be at play

(Newser) - While Elon Musk is busy hacking away at various government programs vis a vis DOGE, Europe, it seems, is busy hacking away at his Tesla sales. As the New York Times reports, after a rough 2024, the automaker stared down even more losses in January—and notably in countries in...

Musk's DOGE Gains Access to Medicare System

'This is where the big money fraud is happening,' he says of work at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

(Newser) - Elon Musk's access to the operations of the federal government appears to be only accelerating. On the heels of his Department of Government Efficiency gaining access —though it may be only "read-only" access —to a sensitive Treasury Department payment system:
  • Medicare/Medicaid: Representatives from DOGE have gotten
...

White House Is Canceling Politico Subscriptions

It all comes back to a conspiracy theory

(Newser) - A right-wing conspiracy theory that started spreading Wednesday claims that USAID, the federal agency in the crosshairs of Elon Musk and his DOGE staffers , has for years funneled millions of dollars to Politico and the AP. At a press conference that day, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt mentioned the...

Protests Across US Decry Trump's Actions
Nationwide Rallies
Denounce Trump, Musk
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Feb 5, 2025 7:30 PM CST

Nationwide Rallies Denounce Trump, Musk

In Washington, a 70-year-old says he'll take the fall if there's retribution

(Newser) - Demonstrators gathered in cities across the nation on Wednesday to protest the Trump administration's early actions, denouncing policies including the immigration crackdown, rollback of transgender rights, and a proposal to forcibly transfer Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. Protesters in Philadelphia and at state capitols in California, Minnesota, Michigan, Texas,...

Dems: DOGE Security Failures Could 'Break Our Government'

Federal workers sue over OPM's use of unencrypted email

(Newser) - Federal employees are attempting to block Elon Musk's DOGE associates from operating what they say is an illegal server at the Office of Personnel Management. Janes Does 1 and 2 allege the server, connected to a government network to harvest information on federal employees, violates federal law and could...

DOGE Turns to NOAA, Another Project 2025 Target

As Trump picks a figure from 'Sharpiegate' to lead the agency

(Newser) - President Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, turning to the man who was his acting NOAA chief in 2019 when Trump altered an expected hurricane impact map in what became known as the "Sharpiegate" scandal , the AP reports. After Alabama meteorologists had...

Treasury Says Musk Aides Have 'Read Only' Access

Integrity of federal payments system has not been compromised, officials insist

(Newser) - In response to the furor over Elon Musk and his DOGE team being granted access to a sensitive system used by the Treasury Department to make federal payments, the department said Tuesday that Musk's aides were given "read-only" access similar to what an auditor would receive. CNN reports...

Democrats Are Blocked From USAID Office

Lawmakers address protesters outside, demanding Trump and Musk stop attacks on agency

(Newser) - Congressional Democrats who went to USAID's headquarters in Washington on Monday to oppose efforts to shut the agency down —as Elon Musk said he and President Trump will do—were denied entry. The group then addressed other protesters, saying Trump's actions are illegal and harmful to national...

Elon Musk Named as 'Special Government Employee'

Trump says billionaire won't always get his way

(Newser) - Elon Musk is rapidly consolidating control over large swaths of the federal government with President Trump's blessing, sidelining career officials, gaining access to sensitive databases , and dismantling a leading source of humanitarian assistance, the AP reports. Musk has been named as a special government employee, which subjects him to...

Rubio: I'm Now the Acting Director of USAID

Democrats say Congress needs to approve any attempt to fold agency into State Department

(Newser) - Hours after Elon Musk boasted about throwing USAID "into the wood chipper" over the weekend. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was in charge of the foreign aid agency. Rubio, speaking to reporters in El Salvador, said he is now the acting administrator of USAID but he has...

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