Trump’s V.A. Squeezes Mental Health Care in Crowed Offices, Raising Privacy Concerns
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Trump’s V.A. Squeezes Mental Health Care in Crowed Offices, Raising Privacy Concerns

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a Boston V.A. hospital, six social workers are conducting phone and telehealth visits with veterans from a single, crowded room, clinicians say. In Kansas City, providers are planning patient care while facing each other across narrow, cafeteria-style tables in a large, open…

U.S., Helped by Musk’s Team, Charges Iraqi With Voting Illegally in 2020
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U.S., Helped by Musk’s Team, Charges Iraqi With Voting Illegally in 2020

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A 45-year-old Iraqi man was charged on Monday with voting illegally in the 2020 presidential election, a prosecution that federal officials said had been assisted by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency. The case against the man, Akeel Abdul Jamiel, appeared to…

Voters See Trump’s Use of Power as Overreaching, Times/Siena Poll Finds
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Voters See Trump’s Use of Power as Overreaching, Times/Siena Poll Finds

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Voters believe President Trump is overreaching with his aggressive efforts to expand executive power, and they have deep doubts about some of the signature pieces of his agenda, a New York Times/Siena College poll found. The turbulent early months of Mr. Trump’s administration…

Elon Musk and DOGE’s Savings May Be Erased by New Costs
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Elon Musk and DOGE’s Savings May Be Erased by New Costs

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump and Elon Musk promised taxpayers big savings, maybe even a “DOGE dividend” check in their mailboxes, when the Department of Government Efficiency was let loose on the federal government. Now, as he prepares to step back from his presidential assignment to…

Elon Musk Backs Away From Washington, but DOGE Remains
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Elon Musk Backs Away From Washington, but DOGE Remains

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As Elon Musk sought to reassure Wall Street analysts on Tuesday that he would soon scale back his work with the federal government, the strain of his situation was audible in his voice. The world’s richest man said that he would continue arguing…

Opinion | ‘You Try to Build Anything, and You’re Stepping Into Quicksand’
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Opinion | ‘You Try to Build Anything, and You’re Stepping Into Quicksand’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Over and over again, Biden officials would tell me about laws they had managed to get exemptions from. The broadband provisions of the infrastructure bill were exempted from the Administrative Procedures Act; the bulk of semiconductor investments from the CHIPS Act were exempted…

Opinion | America Is Learning the Wrong Lesson from Elon Musk’s Success
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Opinion | America Is Learning the Wrong Lesson from Elon Musk’s Success

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Last December, I asked my students at Wharton to nominate and vote on topics for our final class. The runaway top choice was leadership lessons from Elon Musk. It’s become a hot topic among the corporate elite, too. At a recent leadership conference,…

Judge Says One DOGE Member Can Access Sensitive Treasury Dept. Data
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Judge Says One DOGE Member Can Access Sensitive Treasury Dept. Data

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A Manhattan federal judge ruled on Friday that one member of Elon Musk’s government efficiency program could have access to sensitive payment and data systems at the Treasury Department, as long as that person goes through appropriate training and files disclosures. The order…

Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers
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Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Since taking office, the Trump administration has moved aggressively to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were allowed into the country under President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Now, the administration is taking drastic steps to pressure some…