Opinion | Look Past Elon Musk’s Chaos. There’s Something More Sinister at Work.
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Opinion | Look Past Elon Musk’s Chaos. There’s Something More Sinister at Work.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Whatever you choose to call it, Elon Musk has captured the inner workings of the U.S. government on President Trump’s behalf. His operatives reportedly infiltrated the General Services Administration, gained access to the nation’s system for issuing payments like tax refunds, locked workers…

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…

Trump Names 2 New Top Financial Regulators
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Trump Names 2 New Top Financial Regulators

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump on Tuesday named two nominees to lead top financial regulators: Jonathan McKernan for director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Jonathan Gould as the comptroller of the currency. The consumer bureau has been in turmoil for days after Russell Vought,…

Trump Names 2 New Top Financial Regulators
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Trump Names 2 New Top Financial Regulators

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump on Tuesday named two nominees to lead top financial regulators: Jonathan McKernan for director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Jonathan Gould as the comptroller of the currency. The consumer bureau has been in turmoil for days after Russell Vought,…

Top FEMA Official Is Fired Over Payments for N.Y.C. Migrant Shelters
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Top FEMA Official Is Fired Over Payments for N.Y.C. Migrant Shelters

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it had fired four employees from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the agency’s chief financial officer, over their roles in disbursing federal funds to house migrants in New York City hotels. The firings capped a…

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 | The Pharmaceutical Industry Heads Into Elon Musk’s Wood Chipper
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Opinion | The Pharmaceutical Industry Heads Into Elon Musk’s Wood Chipper

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a month of one bombshell after another (and many all at the same time), it can be hard to track the damage that the Trump administration is inflicting. But unlike attacks on predictable issues like D.E.I. and foreign aid, the announcement on…

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….