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What Elon Musk Got Wrong About Why Federal Retirement Is Still Managed out of a Limestone Mine

Down Under

What Elon Musk Got Wrong About Why Federal Retirement Is Still Managed out of a Limestone Mine

Caroline Haskins

DOGE Sparks Surveillance Fear Across the US Government

Big Brother

DOGE Sparks Surveillance Fear Across the US Government

Paresh Dave, Dell Cameron, and Alexa O'Brien

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings

Safety Squeeze

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings

Will Knight, Paresh Dave, and Leah Feiger

DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit Cards

DOGE

DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit Cards

Zoë Schiffer

This USAID Program Made Food Aid More Efficient for Decades. DOGE Gutted It Anyways

Not Optimal

This USAID Program Made Food Aid More Efficient for Decades. DOGE Gutted It Anyways

Kate Knibbs

The CFPB Work Freeze Is Putting Big Tech Regulations ‘On Ice’

Frozen

The CFPB Work Freeze Is Putting Big Tech Regulations ‘On Ice’

Caroline Haskins

Federal Workers Launch New Lawsuit to Fight DOGE’s Data Access

Privacy Pursuit

Federal Workers Launch New Lawsuit to Fight DOGE’s Data Access

Kate Knibbs

Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US

Copy That

Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US

Kate Knibbs

Temu and Shein Raised Prices, Removed Products as Trump’s China Tariffs Went Into Effect

Go Poof

Temu and Shein Raised Prices, Removed Products as Trump’s China Tariffs Went Into Effect

Zeyi Yang

Trump’s FBI Pick Kash Patel Took Up to $5M in Stock From Chinese Ecommerce Giant Shein

Stock Secrets

Trump’s FBI Pick Kash Patel Took Up to $5M in Stock From Chinese Ecommerce Giant Shein

Louise Matsakis

Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Working on a Custom Chatbot Called GSAi

Code Kit

Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Working on a Custom Chatbot Called GSAi

Paresh Dave, Zoë Schiffer, and Makena Kelly

US Shoppers Face Fees of Up to $50 or More to Get Packages From China

Unhidden Cost

US Shoppers Face Fees of Up to $50 or More to Get Packages From China

Zeyi Yang

USPS Resumes Accepting Packages From China After Unexpected Suspension

Tracking Unavailable

USPS Resumes Accepting Packages From China After Unexpected Suspension

Zeyi Yang

China Is Investigating Google Over Trump’s Tariffs

Retaliation

China Is Investigating Google Over Trump’s Tariffs

Paresh Dave and Louise Matsakis

Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Still Blocking HIV/AIDS Relief Exempted From Foreign Aid Cuts

Locked Out

Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Still Blocking HIV/AIDS Relief Exempted From Foreign Aid Cuts

Kate Knibbs

Elon Musk Is Running the Twitter Playbook on the Federal Government

Roads Not Taken

Elon Musk Is Running the Twitter Playbook on the Federal Government

Zoë Schiffer

Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ Order Has Mapmakers Completely Lost

Missing Place

Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ Order Has Mapmakers Completely Lost

Paresh Dave

TikTok Is Unavailable in the US—and Gone From the App Stores

App Apocalypse

TikTok Is Unavailable in the US—and Gone From the App Stores

Louise Matsakis

How Much Are Donald Trump’s Truth Social Shares Worth?

Money Money Money

How Much Are Donald Trump’s Truth Social Shares Worth?

Brian Barrett and Dhruv Mehrotra

Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have ‘Mental Illness’

New Era

Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have ‘Mental Illness’

Kate Knibbs