Staff at the key cybersecurity agency were initially excluded from government efforts to leave their jobs, but then on Wednesday they were given deferred resignation offers with just hours to decide.
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Protesters rally against Trump’s stop-work order for USAID
USAID and nonprofit workers gathered near the Capitol in D.C. to protest Elon Musk’s efforts to shut down the aid agency with his Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
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What happens after the ‘Fork in the Road’? A lawyer for ex-Twitter employees weighs in
Shannon Liss-Riordan, who represents thousands of former Twitter employees suing the company, sees many similarities in the predicament of federal workers today. Here’s her advice.
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Republicans in Congress mostly shrug as Musk and DOGE set sights on spending
Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the administration to suspend spending that they’ve already approved.
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Trump administration prepares to withdraw USAID staff from overseas posts by weekend
“We are being tasked to assist the Department in recalling USAID employees to the United States by Saturday,” State Department official Seth Green wrote in an email to staff on Tuesday.
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What is the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE?
President Trump said the entity would focus on cutting government waste and slashing federal regulations, and he put tech billionaire and adviser Elon Musk in charge.
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Elon Musk is barreling into government with DOGE, raising unusual legal questions
The billionaire’s campaign to radically upend federal agencies is stunning former White House officials, even in a political moment when many things are described as unprecedented.
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With a new home for DOGE in the White House, here’s what you need to know
The Department of Government Efficiency, a post-election promise brought to life by President Trump via executive order looks different than its original proposal to broadly cut federal spending.
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Trump seeks to end telework for federal workers
President Trump has signed an executive action ordering federal agencies to bring their workers back to the office full time. Roughly 1.1 million federal employees are telework-eligible.
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Musk and Ramaswamy’s DOGE echoes past budget promises that faced big hurdles
Vows to shrink the deficit, pay down the debt and run government more like a business have long been a stock element of politics. Candidates for office who have business backgrounds made it a mantra.
