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DOGE is slashing 90% of a federal agency designed to prevent another financial crisis
Elon Musk has long said he wanted to "delete" the CFPB. That move is now underway.
Your Social Security number is in the middle of DOGE’s massive tech system overhaul. Are payments, private data at risk?
Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency wants to combine your Social Security number into a massive ...
Federal judge makes your Social Security data harder for DOGE to access — for now
The Department of Government Efficiency will be allowed only limited access to Social Security data after a federal court ...
DOGE policies, massive fumbles causing tech crashes across agencies
The Trump administration ’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiatives have caused technological chaos for both ...
Social Security abandons DOGE phone service cuts amid chaos, backlash
Elon Musk's cost-cutting operation, DOGE, set off a panic in March among elderly and disabled people after proposing that the ...
How litigation could end DOGE’s Schrödinger’s agency status
Depending on the legal issue at hand, DOGE claims to be both part of and separate from the federal government.
DOGE Places Entire Staff of Federal Homelessness Agency on Leave
The US Interagency Council on Homelessness, which helps coordinate federal housing aid to cities, was targeted for ...
Here is the agreement DOGE has with the consumer watchdog agency it is cutting up
The CFPB is on the hook for all travel or training expenses incurred as part of the USDS employees assigned to them.
‘It’s a shambles’: DOGE cuts bring chaos, long waits at Social Security for seniors
Elderly and disabled people are encountering severe service disruptions as the Trump administration overhauls the Social ...
Maddow Blog | IRS faces more key resignations amid Trump-imposed chaos at the tax agency
Thanks to Donald Trump and Elon Musk's DOGE initiative, the future of the IRS is in doubt in ways Americans have never seen ...
Federal judge in Baltimore temporarily limits DOGE access to Social Security data
A federal judge has imposed new restrictions on the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to Social Security systems that hold personal data on millions of Americans ...
DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.