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 of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a cost-cutting initiative launched under … Read more
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 to try to avoid statutory requirements,” the New York … Read more
Elon Musk has announced plans to double the workforce of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), saying the unit is now embedded in nearly every federal agency. DOGE has around 100 staff members, and Musk said he intends to increase it to around 200, as per NBC News. “We’re trying to act broadly across all … Read more
Elon Musk stated on Monday in an interview with Fox Business that he is running his businesses “with great difficulty” while working with the Trump administration. His comments came after Tesla shares dropped to a five-month low. Tesla Inc. saw its biggest decline in over four years, continuing its downward trend in 2025 as Wall … Read more
Elon Musk’s Tesla facilities have been the target of violent attacks following the billionaire’s role in Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which aims to drastically cut federal spending. Protesters have also been angered by a Nazi salute-like sign Musk made on the same day Trump took office. According to a report in the … Read more
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 to mollify him, promising some concessions and offers to … Read more
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 president’s message represents the first move to rein in … Read more
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 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was “unlawful” and ordered … Read more
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”, acknowledging the contribution of the billionaire entrepreneur, who was … Read more
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 potentially exceeding $4 million, according to a draft agreement … Read more
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 full-scale investigation to find and eliminate fraud and waste … Read more
A second email asking US federal workers to justify their jobs was sent late Friday, as part of President Donald Trump’s initiative to slash spending. It came a week after Elon Musk, the billionaire appointed by Trump to downsize the government, engineered a first mass emailing to the federal government’s two million employees, ordering them … Read more