U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

CYBER-GRID STX: What if Elon Musk Targeted WAPA for a ‘DOGE’ Audit?

ST. CROIX — What happens when a "First Principles" disruptor meets a legacy utility buried in "objective billing fiction"? We imagine a St. Croix where Elon Musk brings his "hardcore"…

John McCarthy February 28, 2026

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After Trump’s DOGE action, 300 million people’s Social Security data is at risk, whistleblower says

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 300 million Americans’ Social Security data was put at risk after Department of Government Efficiency officials uploaded sensitive information to a cloud account not subject to oversight,…

John McCarthy August 27, 2025

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Trump’s ban stalls lifesaving treatment for Haitian children who need to travel for surgery

WASHINGTON (NBC) — Leaders of an aid organization that has sent more than 100 Haitian children with serious cardiac conditions to the U.S. for heart surgery said President Donald Trump’s ban…

John McCarthy June 7, 2025

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In wake of deep cuts, NOAA says it will hire for ‘mission-critical’ weather service positions

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday it will hire for “mission-critical field positions” amid expert warnings that the National Weather Service has been cut too sharply just as hurricane season…

John McCarthy June 4, 2025

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Turmoil, worry swirl over cuts to key federal agencies as hurricane season begins

WASHINGTON (AP) — With predictions for a busy hurricane season beginning Sunday, experts in storms and disasters are worried about something potentially as chaotic as the swirling winds: Massive cuts to the…

John McCarthy June 2, 2025

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Musk gives parting message to Trump as he officially quits DOGE after blasting new spending bill

Elon Musk has quit the Department of Government Efficiency and bid farewell to the White House just one day after he publicly split with President Donald Trump. The former First Buddy praised…

John McCarthy May 29, 2025

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Laura Loomer swipes at Trump from the heart of MAGA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Laura Loomer once had to chain herself to a building to get attention. Not any longer. A far-right activist who has jockeyed her way up from online…

John McCarthy May 20, 2025

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‘Don’t f— around with Medicaid’: Trump moves to steamroll megabill opposition

WASHINGTON (Politico) — President Donald Trump moved Tuesday to end the quarrelling among various GOP factions and move his domestic-policy megabill toward passage, telling House Republicans behind closed doors that…

John McCarthy May 20, 2025

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DOGE says it has canceled thousands of federal contracts, grants and leases. Here’s a searchable list.

WASHINGTON (CBS) — Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has been publishing every contract, grant and lease it claims to have canceled on its website for months. But DOGE's "Wall of Receipts"…

John McCarthy May 14, 2025