The drama offers a case study in how Elon Musk’s team sought to run a critical government agency through misinformation and social media blasts — and how longtime employees responded.
The drama offers a case study in how Elon Musk’s team sought to run a critical government agency through misinformation and social media blasts — and how longtime employees responded.
A special primary election this week for seats on the state’s utility board will be a rare referendum on residential electric bills, at a time when they have risen sharply across the country.
A special primary election this week for seats on the state’s utility board will be a rare referendum on residential electric bills, at a time when they have risen sharply across the country.
Some Georgians are limiting their power usage after seeing the cost of their electric bills surge.
Political appointments inherently take into consideration loyalty to the president or the party. But expanding those types of questions to the career civil service is a significant departure.
Political appointments inherently take into consideration loyalty to the president or the party. But expanding those types of questions to the career civil service is a significant departure.
President Trump’s plan has long been to replace career civil service employees, whom he refers to as the “deep state,” with workers who are more in line with his agenda and have an allegiance to him.
Elon Musk’s mission for the Department of Government Efficiency — deep cuts in spending, personnel and projects — appears to be taking root, with DOGE staff now in key jobs across the federal government.
The Education Department’s headquarters in Washington. President Trump signed an executive order on March 20 that instructed the head of the department, Linda McMahon, to begin shutting it down.
Matt Minich, who was fired from his job with the Food and Drug Administration in February, was one of thousands swept up in the mass layoffs of probationary workers at the beginning of President Trump’s second administration.
The Trump administration has eviscerated the expert class that generated alternative views in its best moments, and engaged in groupthink at its worst.
The Trump administration has eviscerated the expert class that generated alternative views in its best moments, and engaged in groupthink at its worst.
The old structure of the National Security Council did not fit the “top-down approach” of President Trump, according to Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary.
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