Vivek Ramaswamy poised to announce 2026 bid for Ohio governor
Vivek Ramaswamy is expected to announce Monday evening that he is running for governor of Ohio in 2026, capping a rapid-fire ...
How DOGE cracked Washington: A focus on arcane agencies gave Musk and his allies swift control of government nerve centers
Political appointees with deep ties to Musk now sit in key leadership positions across agencies that comprise the federal ...
Judge Chutkan rejects call from Democratic AGs for temporary restraining order blocking DOGE’s access to federal data
A federal judge declined on Tuesday to temporarily block Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency from accessing ...
What DOGE could gain by accessing your Social Security data
When people think of Social Security, they typically think of monthly benefits — for the roughly 69 million retirees, ...
Recording reveals new details on controversial DOGE employee
Less than three years before Elon Musk tapped him to help overhaul the US government, Edward Coristine, then 17, was the ...
DOGE’s request for IRS data systems access may pose risks to tax filers
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — the special entity created by President Donald Trump and run by Elon Musk to ...
‘Good luck with that.’ Trump administration terminates privacy officials at agency overseeing government hiring and firing
The Trump administration has quietly fired multiple members of the “privacy team” and other officials from the office that ...
Social Security head steps down over DOGE access of recipient information, sources say
The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner has stepped down from her role at the agency over Department of ...
Elon Musk’s private security detail gets deputized by US Marshals Service
The US Marshals Service has deputized members of Elon Musk’s private security detail, giving them certain rights and ...
How a mid-level staffer rose to oversee the Social Security Administration within days
Leland Dudek, a mid-level career employee at the Social Security Administration, posted on LinkedIn that he was placed on administrative leave for cooperating with Elon Musk’s Department of Government ...
What to know about Ed Martin, the right-wing activist Trump tapped to be DC’s top prosecutor
While Trump administration officials were preparing to install a seasoned conservative lawyer as the top prosecutor in ...