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The Elite Lawyers Working for Elon Musk’s DOGE Include Former Supreme Court Clerks |
ProPublica |
crypto, DOGE, Executive Office of the President, Jacob Altik*, James Burnham, John Roberts, Keenan Kmiec, Lawbreaking, Neil Gorsuch, Neomi Rao, New Civil Liberties Alliance, News and Analysis (Mainstream), ProPublica, Samuel Alito, University of Michigan, Lawyer, Andy Kroll, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Justin Elliott |
DOGE |
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Teen on Musk’s DOGE Team Graduated from "The Com" |
Krebs on Security |
"The Com", Curtis Gervais, Data Exfiltration, DDoS, Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Edward Coristine*, Eric Taylor, Krebs on Security, Marshal Webb, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Tucker Preston, Discord, BackConnect Security, Telegram, Brian Krebs, Path Network |
DOGE |
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"The Fagin figure leading Elon Musk’s merry band of pubescent sovereignty pickpockets" |
Pluralistic |
Broadcom, Citrix, Corrupt, DOGE, enshittification, Maureen Tkacik, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Pluralistic, private equity, Tom Krause, VMWare, Cory Doctorow |
DOGE |
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Who is part of Elon Musk's DOGE, and what are they doing? |
National Public Radio |
Agency for International Development, Deborah Pearlstein, DOGE, Donald Trump, Extra-Constitutional, National Public Radio, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Special Government Employee, United States Digital Service, Federal Government, Bobby Allyn, Shannon Bond, Stephen Fowler |
DOGE |
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DOGE-ing Questions in Federal Court |
Lawfare |
access, Bradley Humphreys, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Elon Musk, Lawfare, Marko Elez, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Special Government Employee, Thomas Krause*, Anna Bower |
DOGE |
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DOGE Betrays Foundational Commitments of the Privacy Act of 1974 |
Lawfare |
Danielle Citron, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Elon Musk, Lawfare, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Power Grab, systems of records, The Privacy Act of 1974 |
DOGE |
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DOGE deputy to oversee powerful Treasury system as Musk demands cuts |
Washington Post |
David Lebryk, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Oligarch, payment system, Power Grab, Special Government Employee, Thomas Krause*, United States Treasuries, Washington Post, Executive Branch, Cloud Software Group, Jacqueline Alemany, Jeff Stein, Yeganeh Torbati |
DOGE |
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Federal judge blocks DOGE’s access to Treasury payment system as states sue Trump administration |
Courthouse News |
access, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Courthouse News, Data Exfiltration, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Paul Engelmayer, payment systems, State of Arizona, State of California, State of Colorado, State of Connecticut, State of Delaware, State of Hawaii, State of Illinois, State of Maine, State of Maryland, State of Massachusetts, State of Minnesota, State of Nevada, State of New Jersey, State of North Carolina, State of Oregon, State of Rhode Island, State of Vermont, State of Wisconsin, Josh Russell |
DOGE |
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The shrewd startup founder who led DOGE’s cost-cutting at HHS |
Stat News |
Anthem, Bill Haslam, Brad Smith, caregiver, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Chloe Evans, clinical assessor, Corrupt, Department of Health and Human Services, DOGE, holdback agreement, Jake Auchincloss, Jared Kushner, Lawton Robert Burns, Liza Norton, New England Journal of Medicine, News and Analysis (Mainstream), rent-seeking, startup, Stat News, Tara Bannow, UnitedHealthcare, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, value-based care, Aspire Health, CareBridge, Elevance Health, Main Street Health, Russell Street Ventures |
DOGE |
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Day Seven of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025: “Yours and WIRED's Reporting is Actually Doing Something” |
Notes on the Crises |
access, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Data Exfiltration, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Marko Elez, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Notes on the Crises, read access, read and write access, Thomas Krause*, Secure Payment System, Nathan Tankus |
DOGE |
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5 questions about DOGE’s access to federal payment systems |
The Hill |
ASAP, assembly code, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, COBOL, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Natasha Sarin, Nathan Tankus, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Scott Bessent, The Hill, Tobias Burns, Automated Standard Application for Payments |
DOGE |
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US Treasury moves to quell fears of Elon Musk taking over payments system |
Financial Times |
access, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Data Exfiltration, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Don Hammond, Financial Times, Jonathan Blum, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Ron Wyden, Scott Bessent, Thomas Krause*, Alex Rogers, Joe Miller |
DOGE |
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DOGE was tasked with stopping Treasury payments to USAID |
Associated Press |
access, Agency for International Development, Associated Press, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Data Exfiltration, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Marko Elez, News and Analysis (Mainstream), payments system, Thomas Krause* |
DOGE |
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DOGE searches for DEI information at U.S. climate, oceans agency |
Axios |
Axios, Data Exfiltration, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, DOGE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, News and Analysis (Mainstream), privatization, Project 2025, Executive Branch, Andrew Freedman |
DOGE |
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Who is Baris Akis? Stanford alumnus Donald Trump reportedly blocked Elon Musk from hiring in DOGE shake up |
Economic Times |
Baris Akis, contractor, DOGE, Donald Trump, Economic Times, Elon Musk, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Power Grab, Human Capital |
DOGE |
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Union Group Sues to Block DOGE Labor Department Data Access |
Bloomberg |
Bloomberg, Data Exfiltration, Department of Labor, DOGE, Economic Policy Institute, News and Analysis (Mainstream), American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Communications Workers of America, Executive Branch, Service Employees International Union, Rebecca Rainey |
DOGE |
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The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did |
Wired |
access, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Data Exfiltration, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, House Financial Services Committee, Jonathan Blum, Marko Elez, News and Analysis (Mainstream), read and write access, Ron Wyden, Scott Bessent, Thomas Krause*, Tim Marchman, Vittoria Elliott, Wired, write access, Payment Automation Manager, Secure Payment System, Leah Feiger |
DOGE |
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A Dangerous Lack Of Clarity: Does DOGE’s Negotiated “Read Only” Access Mean “Read Only” Access To Data Or Code? |
TechDirt |
Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Marko Elez, News and Analysis (Mainstream), TechDirt, Thomas Krause*, Cathy Gellis |
DOGE |
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Elon Musk’s DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts |
Washington Post |
artificial intelligence, Data Exfiltration, Department of Education, DOGE, General Services Administration, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Technology Transformation Services, Thomas Shedd, Washington Post, Azure, Microsoft, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Tesla, Elizabeth Dwoskin, Gerrit De Vynck, Hannah Natanson |
DOGE |
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Letter from Robert Scott, Committee on Education and Workforce |
House Committee on Education and Workforce (Venue) |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Comptroller General of the United States, Data Exfiltration, Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, DOGE, Gene Dodaro, Government Accountability Office, House Committee on Education and Workforce (Venue), News and Analysis (Mainstream), Robert Scott |
DOGE |
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'Reboot' Revealed: Elon Musk's CEO-Dictator Playbook |
The Nerd Reich |
Curtis Yarvin, DOGE, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, libertarianism, News and Analysis (Mainstream), RAGE, The Nerd Reich, Gil Duran |
DOGE |
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Who is Akash Bobba? The 22-year-old Indian-origin prodigy joining Elon Musk's DOGE |
Hindustan Times |
Akash Bobba, artificial intelligence, Charis Zhang, data analytics, DOGE, financial modeling, Hindustan Times, Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Tuhin Das Mahapatra, University of California, Berkeley, Software Engineer, Executive Branch, Bridgewater Associates, Meta, Palantir |
DOGE |
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A 25-Year-Old Is Writing Backdoors Into The Treasury’s $6 Trillion Payment System. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? |
The Verge |
access, backdoor, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Marko Elez, Mike Masnick, News and Analysis (Mainstream), payment system, Rutgers, The Verge, write access, SpaceX, X (Firm) |
DOGE |
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Working on a Custom Chatbot Called GSAi |
Wired |
artificial intelligence, chatbot, DOGE, FedRAMP, General Services Administration, GSAi "AI First", Incompetent, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Technology Transformation Services, Thomas Shedd, Wired, EO 14179, Makena Kelly, Paresh Dave, Zoë Schiffer |
DOGE |
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Elon Musk Weaponizes the Government |
Lawfare |
Abraham L. Newman, access, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, choke points, Data Exfiltration, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, General Services Administration, Henry Farrell, Jennifer Pahlka, Lawfare, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, payment systems, Ron Wyden, SWIFT, Payment Automation Manager, Secure Payment System |
DOGE |
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Government unions sue over DOGE access to Labor Department |
The Hill |
Democracy Forward, Department of Labor, DOGE, Economic Policy Institute, fear, Lawbreaking, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Occupational Safety and Health Administration, The Hill, American Federation of Government Employees, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Service Employees International Union, SpaceX, Tesla, The Boring Company, Zach Schonfeld |
DOGE |
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Day Six of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025: “Treasury has been denying that they gave Marko write access, but I am looking at his access request right now” |
Notes on the Crises |
access, anti-money laundering, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, combating the finance of terror, Data Exfiltration, Democrat Party, DOGE, International Treasury Services, Jonathan Blum, know your customer, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Notes on the Crises, Office of Foreign Assets Control, read access, read and write access, Ron Wyden, Thomas Krause*, Treasury Department, Automated Standard Application for Payments, Payment Automation Manager, Nathan Tankus |
DOGE |
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Young techies underpin Musk's drive to slash size of US government |
Reuters |
DOGE, Edward Coristine*, Gavin Kliger*, Ignorant, Luke Farritor, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Reuters, Software Engineer, Executive Branch, Alexandra Alper, Databricks, Diamond CDN, Neuralink, Tesla.sexy, Twitter |
DOGE |
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Federal Employee Unions Sue DOGE and the Department of Labor |
Lawfare |
access, Administrative Procedures Act, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Communication Workers of America, Democracy Forward, Department of Labor, DOGE, Economic Policy Institute, Extra-Constitutional, Lawfare, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Occupational Safety and Health Administration, ultra vires, United States Digital Service, United States DOGE Service Temporary Organization, Vince Micone, American Federation of Government Employees, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Service Employees International Union, Anna Hickey |
DOGE |
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Did DOGE really ‘delete’ the tech division that helped create the IRS Direct File free tax filing service? |
CNN |
CNN, DOGE, Elon Musk, Incompetent, Internal Revenue Service, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Scott Bessent, Direct File, Executive Branch, Jeanne Sahad |
DOGE |
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Unions sue DOGE, Labor Department to block access to worker and Musk competitor data |
Courthouse News |
Courthouse News, DOGE, Economic Policy Institute, Extra-Constitutional, Heidi Shierholz, News and Analysis (Mainstream), American Federation of Government Employees, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Communications Workers of America, Service Employees International Union, Ryan Knappenberger |
DOGE |
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Red States Create Their Own DOGE Efforts to Pare Down State Governments |
Governing |
Adam Zabner, DOGE, Emily Schmitt, Extra-Constitutional, Governing, Kim Reynolds, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Rob Sand, State of Iowa, Kevin Hardy |
DOGE |
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Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats |
Guardian |
Andrew Rosenberg, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Guardian, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, News and Analysis (Mainstream), privatization, Project 2025, Executive Branch, Michael Sainato |
DOGE |
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DOGE is making major changes to the federal government. Is it legal? |
National Public Radio |
Chuck Schumer, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, National Public Radio, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Executive Branch, Joe Hernandez |
DOGE |
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When It’s Not Just A Coup But A CFAA Violation Too |
TechDirt |
access, civil action, DOGE, Lawbreaking, News and Analysis (Mainstream), TechDirt, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Cathy Gellis |
DOGE |
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DOGE Is A Cybersecurity Crisis Unfolding In Real-Time |
Forbes |
Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Forbes, General Data Protection Regulation, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Tony Bradley, Executive Branch, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, The Federal Information Security Management Act, The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, The PCI Data Security Standard, The Privacy Act of 1974 |
DOGE |
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Trump Advisers Stopped Musk From Hiring a Noncitizen at DOGE |
The Atlantic |
Baris Akis, contractor, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, flexian, Mar-a-Lago, FL, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Power Grab, The Atlantic, Ashley Parker, Michael Scherer |
DOGE |
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DOGE task force gains access to U.S. Treasury Department data, payment systems |
CBS |
Alliance for Retired Americans, CBS, Data Exfiltration, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Jennifer Jacobs, News and Analysis (Mainstream), payment systems, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Ron Wyden, Scott Bessent, Service Employees International Union |
DOGE |
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Elon Musk is officially an employee of the US government — but he's not getting a paycheck |
Business Insider |
Business Insider, DOGE, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Special Government Employee, Bryan Metzger, SpaceX, Tesla, Jack Newsham |
DOGE |
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Exclusive: Musk aides lock workers out of OPM computer systems |
Reuters |
Amanda Scales, beds, Brian Bjelde, Charles Ezell, DOGE, Katie Malague, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Power Grab, Reuters, Riccardo Biasini, Tim Reid, Enterprise Human Resources Integration, SpaceX, Tesla, The Boring Company |
DOGE |
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Bessent tells lawmakers Musk’s DOGE does not control Treasury payments system |
Politico |
Andy Barr, Bernie Moreno, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, efficiency, Elizabeth Warren, Elon Musk, French Hill, House Financial Services Committee, Jasper Goodman, Lutheran charities, Meretricious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Patty Murray, payment system, Politico, Scott Bessent, Michael Stratford |
DOGE |
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How Elon Musk & Peter Thiel-aligned inexperienced tech bros took over the federal government |
Advocate |
Advocate, DOGE, Don Moynihan, Extra-Constitutional, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Oligarch, Peter Thiel, Thiel Fellowship, Thiel Alums and Associates, Christopher Wiggins |
DOGE |
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Elon Musk Wants to Get Operational Control of the Treasury’s Payment System. This Could Not Possibly Be More Dangerous DUPE |
Notes on the Crises |
access, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, David Lebryk, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Notes on the Crises, source code, Automated Standard Application for Payments, Electronic Federal Tax Payment System, Secure Payment System, Treasury Check Information System, Nathan Tankus |
DOGE |
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Elon Musk Ally Tells Staff ‘AI-First’ Is the Future of Key Government Agency |
Wired |
artificial intelligence, Data Exfiltration, data repository, DOGE, News and Analysis (Mainstream), startup, Technology Transformation Services, Thomas Shedd, Wired, Makena Kelly |
DOGE |
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Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government |
New York Times |
artificial intelligence, Chuck Schumer, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Donald Trump, Douglas Brinkley, doxxing, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, General Services Administration, New York Times, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Signal, Theodore Schleifer, Thomas Shedd, United States Digital Service, Signal, Tesla, Jonathan Swan, Kate Conger, Madeleine Ngo, Maggie Haberman, Ryan Mac |
DOGE |
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Elon Musk and his DOGE: Fixing government or dismantling the Constitution? |
Christian Science Monitor |
Christian Science Monitor, deep state, DOGE, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, Faith Williams, MAGA, News and Analysis (Mainstream), norms, Project on Government Oversight, Ronald Reagan, Caitlin Babcock, Simon Montlake, Story Hinckley |
DOGE |
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The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover |
Wired |
Akash Bobba, DOGE, Don Moynihan, Edward Coristine*, Ethan Shaotran, flexian, Gautier Killian*, Gavin Kliger*, Harvard University, Luke Farritor, McGill University, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), OpenAI (NGO), Thiel Foundation, Tim Marchman, University of California, Berkeley, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Vittoria Elliott, Wired, Software Engineer, Executive Branch, Colleges and Universities, Musk Alums and Associates, Thiel Alums and Associates, Palantir Alums and Associates, Bridgewater Associates, Databricks, Jump Trading, Meta, Neuralink, Palantir, SpaceX, xAI, Zoë Schiffer |
DOGE |
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Musk has autonomy 'almost no one can control' as he oversees unprecedented overhaul of federal workforce |
Independent |
DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, Independent, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Katie Hawkinson |
DOGE |
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Trump and Elon Musk Just Pulled Off Another Purge—and It’s a Scary One |
The New Republic |
career official, David Lebryk, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Elon Musk, Families Over Billionaires, Greg Sargent, Jesse Lee, Joe Biden, Michael Linden, National Economic Council, News and Analysis (Mainstream), payment system, political appointees, Power Grab, The New Republic |
DOGE |
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How an arcane Treasury Department office became ground zero in the war over federal spending |
CNN |
access, Baris Akis, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, CNN, David Lebryk, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Extra-Constitutional, Katelyn Polantz, News and Analysis (Mainstream), payment system, Phil Mattingly, Tierney Sneed, EO 14158, Human Capital |
DOGE |