Opinion | Trump’s First Four Weeks Felt Like Four Years
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Opinion | Trump’s First Four Weeks Felt Like Four Years

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines I’m just saying the best way to tackle those issues is to forget about stupid, greedy tax cuts for the rich and juice up the economy with efficient government, targeted spending on services like quality child care, good schools and health care for…

Judge Lets Musk’s Team Keep Access to Records at Some Agencies, for Now
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Judge Lets Musk’s Team Keep Access to Records at Some Agencies, for Now

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge declined on Friday to block the access of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency to records systems containing personal information at the Health and Human Services Department, the Labor Department and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a setback for unions…

Appearing With Trump, Musk Makes Broad Claims of Federal Fraud Without Proof
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Appearing With Trump, Musk Makes Broad Claims of Federal Fraud Without Proof

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The billionaire Elon Musk said in an extraordinary Oval Office appearance on Tuesday that he was providing maximum transparency in his government cost-cutting initiative, but offered no evidence for his sweeping claims that the federal bureaucracy had been corrupted by cheats and officials…

Musks’s DOGE Announces Millions in Cuts to Education Dept. Amid Legal Pushback
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Musks’s DOGE Announces Millions in Cuts to Education Dept. Amid Legal Pushback

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Elon Musk’s cost-cutting effort announced a variety of cuts at the Education Department totaling over $900 million, apparently aimed at hobbling the department’s research arm, the Institute of Education Sciences. The team Mr. Musk has assembled, which has operated in relative secrecy in…

Opinion | Why Elon Musk and JD Vance Went to Bat for a Self-Described Racist
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Opinion | Why Elon Musk and JD Vance Went to Bat for a Self-Described Racist

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On X, Musk polled his followers on whether Elez should get his job back; not surprisingly, most voted yes. Vance also weighed in, writing, “I don’t think stupid social media activity should ruin a kid’s life. We shouldn’t reward journalists who try to…

Trump Argues That Courts Cannot Block Elon Musk’s DOGE Team From Treasury Systems
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Trump Argues That Courts Cannot Block Elon Musk’s DOGE Team From Treasury Systems

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Lawyers for the Trump administration argued late Sunday that a court order blocking Elon Musk’s aides from entering the Treasury Department’s payment and data systems impinged on the president’s absolute powers over the executive branch, which they argued the courts could not usurp….

Musk Team’s Treasury Access Raises Security Fears, Despite Judge’s Ordered Halt
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Musk Team’s Treasury Access Raises Security Fears, Despite Judge’s Ordered Halt

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge’s order that Elon Musk’s team temporarily cease boring into the Treasury Department’s payment systems raises a far larger question: whether what Elon Musk has labeled the Department of Government Efficiency is creating a major cyber and national security vulnerability. The…

Trump Administration Cuts Put Medical Progress at Risk, Researchers Say
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Trump Administration Cuts Put Medical Progress at Risk, Researchers Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The nation’s universities and academic medical centers were reeling on Saturday from a directive by the Trump administration to slash funding for medical research, a decision that doctors and scientists said would have a devastating effect on studies aimed at finding treatments for…

Opinion | Musk’s Lost Boys and Trump’s Mean Girls
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Opinion | Musk’s Lost Boys and Trump’s Mean Girls

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Tom Stoppard wrote in “The Real Thing,” his enticing play about infidelity: “To marry one actress is unfortunate. To marry two is simply asking for it.” Here’s a political corollary: To elect one Emperor of Chaos is unfortunate. To let two run the…

Judge Halts DOGE Access to Treasury Payment Systems
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Judge Halts DOGE Access to Treasury Payment Systems

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge early Saturday temporarily restricted access by Elon Musk’s government efficiency program to the Treasury Department’s payment and data systems, saying there was a risk of “irreparable harm.” The Trump administration’s new policy of allowing political appointees and “special government employees”…