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Washington: It has worked in the shadows for months, but Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has now offered the first peek behind the curtain of the government cost-cutting drive it launched on behalf of US President Donald Trump. Musk, the Space X and Tesla…
An audio clip of JD Vance criticising billionaire Elon Musk has gone viral on X, with the US Vice President calling it “fake AI-generated”. In the clip, which was posted by a religious leader from Springfield on X, Vance can purportedly be heard accusing Musk of…
Elon Musk has reignited discussions on government spending by sharing an old video of former US President Barack Obama. In the clip, which is from 2011, Mr Obama can be heard speaking about eliminating unnecessary expenditures. Mr Musk’s post comes amid growing criticism of the Department…
A US judge on Thursday ordered six federal agencies to rehire thousands of probationary workers fired as part of Donald Trump’s push to slash the size of the government. Judge William Alsup said the justification of “poor performance” for mass lay-offs was “a sham in order…
Berserk bullies generally halt when someone stands up to them. That is what is happening to America’s President of seven weeks, Donald Trump. His tirade against friends, allies and neighbours initially caught them off guard. It took them some time to collect themselves, although they tried…
President Donald Trump responded Thursday to growing criticism over unprecedented cuts to the US government overseen by his billionaire advisor Elon Musk, saying they should be carefully targeted. “We say the ‘scalpel’ rather than the ‘hatchet,’” Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social. The…
Washington: President Donald Trump’s administration appeared to walk back an order on Tuesday that called for the mass firing of federal workers still serving their probationary periods. The updated guidance comes days after a federal judge in California ruled that the January 20 directive from the…
Washington, US: US President Donald Trump gave a big shout out to his adviser Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in his first joint address to Congress. The President referred to Musk as the head of DOGE and said he “didn’t need this”,…
The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has been asked to allocate millions of dollars to fund positions in billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The request covers costs for 20 full-time roles from January 20 to July 4, 2026, with the total amount…
Seventy-six per cent of Americans support the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), according to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll. At a White House press briefing last week, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt highlighted the poll findings. “76 per cent of Americans support the DOGE-led efforts of a…