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DOGE's cost-cutting portfolio broadens
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is drawing new lawsuits from federal workers and Democratic-led states, even as it opens new offensives on the government bureaucracy.
During his Super Bowl interview with Fox News, President Trump said he’d have Musk address the Department of Education next.
And Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo he’d welcome DOGE’s efforts to reduce spending at the Pentagon.
“We need to know when we spend dollars. We need to know where they’re going and why,” Hegseth said. “That’s simple accounting, and that has not existed at the Defense Department.”
The latest:
• The National Institutes of Health (NIH) made a significant reduction in grants reserved for research institutions, saying it will save up to $4 billion annually.
Britt called for a “smart, targeted approach” so as not to “hinder life-saving, groundbreaking research at high-achieving institutions like those in Alabama.”
Twenty-two states are suing to block the cuts.
• Democrats are seething after the Trump administration ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to stop all its work. The CFPB was the brain child of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and mortgage-lending scandal.
“If you have a bank account, or a credit card, or a mortgage, or a student loan — this is a code red,” Warren said in a video posted on X. “I am ringing the alarm bell.”
It would require an act of Congress to officially shutter the agency, but Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is bringing work there to a halt. Democrats believe Vought’s moves are illegal.
The White House on Monday called the CFPB “another woke, weaponized arm of the bureaucracy that leverages its power against certain industries and individuals disfavored by so-called ‘elites’."
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) unveiled a new task force Monday to respond to the “harm” inflicted by the Trump administration.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) reminded Senate Democrats that they have the power to make or break any bill to fund the government past March 14, which he said could lead to a potential
“Trump shutdown."
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) unveiled a multipart plan to push back on Trump and Musk, while Senate Democrats launched a portal for whistleblowers within the Trump administration.
?Perspectives:
• CNN: Musk charges on with Trump’s blessing.
• The Hill: Trump’s budget cuts are unconstitutional.
• The Liberal Patriot: Is Elon the punching bag Democrats think he is?
• Los Angeles Times: Trump and Musk crippled an important global aid agency.
• Joni Ernst: USAID is a rogue agency.
Read more:
• Musk’s expanding role triggers efforts to check his power.
• Where the fight over USAID’s future stands.
• How Elon Musk is using tech to DOGE the government.
• Trump sued after quietly firing top whistleblower protector.
• Vance proves pivotal in pushing through controversial Trump nominees
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