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The GSA Plans to Sell Hundreds of Its Federal Government Buildings

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The GSA Plans to Sell Hundreds of Its Federal Government Buildings

Leah Feiger

Former Palantir and Elon Musk Associates Are Taking Over Key Government IT Roles

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Former Palantir and Elon Musk Associates Are Taking Over Key Government IT Roles

Makena Kelly

Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz

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Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz

Makena Kelly and Dhruv Mehrotra

NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’

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NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’

Matt Reynolds and Emily Mullin

US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking

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US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking

Matt Burgess

The Recruitment Effort That Helped Build Elon Musk’s DOGE Army

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The Recruitment Effort That Helped Build Elon Musk’s DOGE Army

Vittoria Elliott and Tim Marchman

ACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal Law

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ACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal Law

Dell Cameron

A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’

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A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’

Vittoria Elliott and Leah Feiger

DOGE Builds ‘Firewall’ Between Musk’s Team and Legacy USDS Workers

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DOGE Builds ‘Firewall’ Between Musk’s Team and Legacy USDS Workers

Makena Kelly

DOGE Is Now Inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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DOGE Is Now Inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Makena Kelly

The US Government Is Not a Startup

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The US Government Is Not a Startup

Brian Barrett

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

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

Paresh Dave, Zoë Schiffer, and Makena Kelly

The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did

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The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did

Vittoria Elliott, Leah Feiger, and Tim Marchman

The Untold Winners of the Trump Memecoin Frenzy

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The Untold Winners of the Trump Memecoin Frenzy

Joel Khalili

DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers

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DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers

Andy Greenberg, David Gilbert, and Lily Hay Newman

NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’

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NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’

Dell Cameron

Elon Musk’s Takeover Is Causing Rifts in Donald Trump’s Inner Circle

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Elon Musk’s Takeover Is Causing Rifts in Donald Trump’s Inner Circle

Jake Lahut

The Far Right Has a New Hero: Elon Musk

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The Far Right Has a New Hero: Elon Musk

David Gilbert

State Department Puts ‘All Direct Hire’ USAID Personnel on Administrative Leave

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State Department Puts ‘All Direct Hire’ USAID Personnel on Administrative Leave

Kate Knibbs

China Is Investigating Google Over Trump’s Tariffs

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China Is Investigating Google Over Trump’s Tariffs

Paresh Dave and Louise Matsakis