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Marko Elez, a 25-year-old engineer linked to Elon Musk, is now rewriting the code for key Treasury Department payment systems ...

The White House expects the number of federal employees who accept the buyout offer to grow rapidly in the leadup to Thursday ...

The Trump administration has begun drafting an executive order that would kick off the process of eliminating the Department ...

The ability of our elected representatives to make optimally informed decisions about programs and budgets is constrained by ...

Coristine, who appears in Northeastern’s student database as a mechanical engineering and physics major with a graduation ...

"The billionaire's campaign to radically upend federal agencies is stunning former White House officials, even in a political moment when many things are described as unprecedented." ...

The White House has released a list of USAID programs its considers wasteful and that it says abused taxpayer funds by backing programs that supported DEI initiatives.

A screenshot authentically shows that Elon Musk posted the following on his social media platform X: "Anyone protesting the Trump Administration will be suspended from X. All anti-Trump drama can go ...

Musk has autonomy 'almost no one can control' as he oversees unprecedented overhaul of federal workforce - Musk’s authority ...

During the presidential election campaign, Donald Trump alleged that the federal education department has ‘too much’ spending ...

Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-1st District, said her efforts by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk to cut spending and federal ...