Axed $170 million contract shows how DOGE-led cuts came over US Navy objections

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Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Bainbridge, USS Forrest Sherman, and USS Roosevelt transit the Atlantic Ocean in formation.
A contract that sought to safeguard the personnel records of sailors was canceled despite the objections of Navy officials.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Najwa Ziadi

DOGE is entering a new phase. It's going to be way harder than the first.

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Elon Musk
Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration, and DOGE cuts will soon be in Congress's hands.

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PBS sues Trump over funding cuts to public media and alleges First Amendment violation

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PBS is taking the Trump administration to court over an executive order that would eliminate federal funding for public media.

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Elon Musk says he's stepping back from DOGE and politics. That doesn't mean he's disappearing from DC.

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Elon Musk
The tech titan remains a confidant of Donald Trump and a source of expertise for Republicans.

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Elon Musk says he's getting back to business at X and Tesla: 'I must be super focused'

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Elon Musk says he's pivoting away from government work to focus more on his companies.

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The DOGE House subcommittee's hearings are turning heads. Here's a look at how the panel functions.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia chairs the House DOGE Committee.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia chairs the House DOGE Committee.

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I forgot a form on my tax returns. It was the beginning of a nightmare.

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A man being chased by a large sum of tax forms

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There are moments in life when your own stupidity dumbfounds you. The letter I got from the IRS — on my birthday, no less — was one of those moments.

I'm a federal employee watching colleagues get laid off by DOGE. It's been devastating — we aren't cogs, we're human beings.

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A photo collage of a gentleman in a forest scene with layoff imagery

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A federal worker was months away from a full pension when DOGE laid her off. Now she'll get $3,000 less per month.

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Katherine Ann Reniers at a protest in Washington, DC.

Katherine Ann Reniers

Larry Summers says DOGE is going to end in a 'disastrous failure'

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Larry Summers
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has been critical of the Trump administration's aggressive tactics for government reform.

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