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IRS Braces for a Big Drop in Tax Revenue

Total may plunge by 10% amid big changes at agency, reports the Washington Post

(Newser) - The sweeping changes underway by DOGE within federal agencies are meant to save money. But changes at the IRS may have the opposite effect, and in a big way, reports the Washington Post . The newspaper reports that tax officials are projecting a 10% drop in tax revenue this year, which...

Judge Rips DOGE Dig Into Social Security Records

Americans' personal information was compromised based only on suspicion, order says

(Newser) - In a biting ruling on Thursday, a federal judge in Maryland issued a temporary restraining order blocking Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency team from having access to personally identifiable information on Americans stored by the Social Security Administration. Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander said anyone on Musk's team...

You're 'Going to Have a Heart Attack,' Lawmaker Tells Crowd

GOP's Harriet Hageman is booed at Wyoming town hall, but she stands her ground

(Newser) - Town hall meetings have been getting raucous lately , and one in Wyoming on Wednesday night may have been the rowdiest yet. Attendees let GOP Rep. Harriet Hageman have it via shouts, profanities, and rounds of loud booing, but she let them have it right back.
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'Offended' Judge Declines to Block One DOGE Takeover

Institute of Peace sued after showdown at its headquarters

(Newser) - A federal judge declined on Wednesday to stop Department of Government Efficiency's takeover of the US Institute of Peace, despite declaring herself offended by the heavy-handed approach of Elon Musk's aides. The independent nonprofit asked the judge to act in a lawsuit that described an illegal "takeover...

Report: Pentagon Is Cutting Up to 60K Jobs

Official says thousands of veterans could be among those let go from civilian jobs

(Newser) - Roughly 50,000 to 60,000 civilian jobs will be cut in the Defense Department, but fewer than 21,000 workers who took a voluntary resignation plan are leaving in the coming months, a senior defense official told reporters Tuesday. To reach the goal of a 5% to 8% cut...

Judge: DOGE Cuts to USAID Were Likely Unconstitutional

He blocks Musk, DOGE from making further cuts

(Newser) - A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the dismantling of the US Agency for International Development likely violated the Constitution and blocked DOGE from making further cuts to the agency. US District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland ordered the Trump administration to restore email and computer access to all employees of...

Kristof: Musk Is Wrong, People Are Already Dying

Columnist predicts deaths will soar in undeveloped nations over aid cuts

(Newser) - Elon Musk has insisted that nobody has died as the result of slashed US foreign aid. "That is not true," writes columnist Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times . "In South Sudan, one of the world's poorest countries, the efforts by Musk and President Trump are...

USPS Chief: DOGE Is Going to Help With 'Big Problems'

Louis DeJoy says agency will team up with Musk's group to cut 10K jobs, billions from budget

(Newser) - Postmaster General Louis DeJoy plans to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from the US Postal Service budget, and he'll do that working with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, according to a letter sent to members of Congress on Thursday. DOGE will assist the USPS...

2nd Judge Orders Trump Administration to Rehire Workers

White House has not yet responded to this judge's order

(Newser) - A second federal judge on Thursday handed down an order requiring President Trump's administration to rehire thousands, if not tens of thousands, of probationary workers let go in mass firings across multiple agencies, slowing down for now the president's dramatic downsizing of the federal government. Both judges separately...

Judge Orders Thousands of Federal Workers Rehired

Ruling calls Trump administration's firing of probationary employees an illegal 'sham'

(Newser) - A federal judge has ordered the government to rehire thousands of probationary workers fired after President Trump took office, reports the New York Times . Judge William J. Alsup of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said the mass firings were a "sham" and ordered the...

White House Reacts to Musk's Social Security Comments

Trump administration insists benefits won't be cut

(Newser) - Elon Musk sparked alarm Monday when he suggested the Department of Government Efficiency might make cuts to Social Security and other entitlement programs, and the Trump administration on Tuesday clarified that no cuts would be made to benefits that are collected under those programs.
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DC's New Feud Pits Elon Musk vs. Mark Kelly
DC's New Feud
Pits Elon Musk
vs. Mark Kelly
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Mar 11, 2025 12:03 PM CDT

DC's New Feud Pits Elon Musk vs. Mark Kelly

Face of DOGE called the senator and former astronaut a 'traitor' for trip to Ukraine

(Newser) - Elon Musk has picked a fight with Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, and the former astronaut and ex-Navy pilot seems happy to oblige. Coverage:
  • The sniping began when Kelly posted a photo of his recent trip to Ukraine, writing that "what I saw proved to me we can'
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WHO: Tuberculosis Could Surge After Aid Cuts
WHO: Tuberculosis
Likely to Surge After Aid Cuts
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Mar 10, 2025 2:30 AM CDT

WHO: Tuberculosis Likely to Surge After Aid Cuts

US would likely feel the effects, too, expert warns

(Newser) - The latest dire warning in the wake of the Trump administration's massive aid cuts: Tuberculosis could surge around the globe. "Without immediate action, hard-won progress in the fight against TB is at risk," the director of the WHO's Global Program on TB and Lung Health said...

DOGE's Cuts in One IRS Division Are Perplexing
DOGE's Cuts in
One IRS Division
Are Perplexing
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Mar 8, 2025 4:15 PM CST

DOGE's Cuts in One IRS Division Are Perplexing

The Large Business and International division has experts who bring in billions

(Newser) - The IRS is working on a plan that would see its 90,000-strong workforce reduced by as much as half, the AP 's sources say. The cuts would come as part of President Trump's DOGE-led moves to pare down the size of the federal workforce, and would...

Will DOGE Help Democrats? Virginia Is an Early Test

State has a ton of federal workers, along with an off-year election

(Newser) - Virginia elects a governor later this year, and the off-year election is already getting attention because it's seen as a bellwether of President Trump's cost-cutting ways. As the Christian Science Monitor reports, the politics aren't that complicated: The state has a ton of federal workers—more than...

Murkowski Goes After DOGE, USAID Cuts

GOP senator also describes 'callous' handling of government employees

(Newser) - Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican who would prefer no label , is once again speaking out against the Trump administration , this time over its efforts to dismantle USAID. Writing Thursday on X , the Alaska senator said she'd met this week with USAID employees from her state, who described "the...

Trump Tweaks Orders on Musk's Firings

President says DOGE steps in only if Cabinet members' cuts are insufficient

(Newser) - Despite the mass dismissals, ultimatum emails sent to government employees, and repeated support for his billionaire adviser, President Trump told Cabinet members on Thursday that Elon Musk isn't in charge of their departments and their firings—they are. It was Trump's first significant attempt to limit Musk's...

Social Security Staffers Barred From Reading News at Work

Meanwhile, acting chief acknowledges DOGE will likely make 'mistakes' as it makes cuts

(Newser) - Uncertainty surrounding the Social Security Administration continues, the latest entry coming via the Washington Post . The newspaper reports that acting chief Leland Dudek met with top staff and attorneys representing the elderly and disabled this week and acknowledged that Elon Musk's DOGE team is likely to make "mistakes"...

Trump Administration Looking to Sell 321 Federal Buildings

Some iconic ones were originally included on the list, though many were later removed

(Newser) - The Trump administration on Tuesday published a list of 443 federal properties it says it could close or sell, including the FBI headquarters and the main Department of Justice building, after deeming them "not core to government operations." The list published by the General Services Administration includes some...

DOGE Deletes More Errant Claims From Site

Elon Musk's group updates 'wall of receipts' to drop $4B in claims

(Newser) - DOGE's "wall of receipts" continues to have problems. The Department of Government Efficiency is using the site to list all of the government contracts it has scrapped and to tally up the resulting savings. But from the start, the DOGE list has been plagued by inaccuracies , including the...

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