All DOGE staff are working through the government shutdown — while a third of White House staff are being sent home

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Elon Musk
The White House's shutdown plan calls for sending about one-third of its staff home during the shutdown. But all 45 DOGE staff are exempt from that.

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Trump Admin ‘Stands Ready’ to Bail Out the Guy Who Handed Elon Musk a Chainsaw

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Elon Musk (L) holds a chainsaw alongside Argentine President Javier Milei during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on February 20, 2025.

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick says Elon Musk got DOGE 'backward'

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Rally for the Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump, in New York
Howard Lutnick criticized Elon Musk's approach to government efficiency cuts.

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The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security

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Elon Musk

Tesla rejected 11 shareholder proposals on sustainability and accountability ahead of its annual meeting

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Tesla rejected 11 investor proposals calling for accountability and sustainability ahead of its annual shareholder meeting.

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Joe Gebbia says the backlash he got from working at DOGE was depressing

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Joe Gebbia is holding a clipboard and gesturing with his left hand.
"The hate mail text messages that I got were disheartening to say the least," Joe Gebbia, who joined DOGE in February, said.

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Trump is dangling the idea of government checks to get people to donate to his campaign

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Donald Trump
Trump hasn't actually committed to sending DOGE checks or tariff rebate checks to Americans. He's still using it in fundraising emails.

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DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.

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Elon Musk listens as reporters ask U.S.

Elon Musk's DOGE threw government contracts into chaos. This startup is cashing in.

Tech Insider : Business
Two young people sit on a couch on a city sidewalk.
Legalist founders Eva Shang and Christian Haigh.

Legalist

DOGE Has Wasted Billions While Saving Only a Fraction of What It Claims: Reports

Gizmodo : Politics
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