Department of Government Efficiency

DOGE has an official ‘acting’ administrator, and it’s not Elon Musk, White House confirms

Amy Gleason has been named as the acting administrator of DOGE, the ostensible head of the Trump Administration team of Elon Musk advisors and associates known as the Department of Government Efficiency, TechCrunch has confirmed. The news, first reported by Semafor, is the first time the White House has confirmed who is overseeing the team

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The biggest breach of US government data is under way

Operatives working for Elon Musk have gained unprecedented access to a swath of U.S. government departments — including agencies responsible for managing data on millions of federal employees and a system that handles $6 trillion in payments to Americans. During the first three weeks of Trump’s second administration, Musk’s group of representatives — a presidential

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Coalition of US states to file lawsuit after Musk’s DOGE gains access to Americans’ personal data 

A coalition of over a dozen U.S. states say they are planning to file a lawsuit in an effort to block billionaire Elon Musk’s team of cost-cutters from accessing sensitive federal government payment systems containing personal data on Americans. In a brief statement shared by 13 Democratic attorneys general, including California, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland and

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The biggest breach of US government data is under way

Operatives working for Elon Musk have gained unprecedented access to a swath of U.S. government departments — including agencies responsible for managing data on millions of federal employees and a system that handles $6 trillion in payments to Americans. During the past two weeks, Musk’s group of representatives — a presidential advisory board within the

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President Trump signs exec order to make Musk’s DOGE commission more official

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an advisory commission spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk recommending deep cuts to federal agencies, could soon become more official, should an executive order signed by President Donald Trump pass legal muster. On Monday evening, Trump signed an order that renames the U.S. Digital Service (USDS), which was created in

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