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Senate Confirms Frank Bisignano as Social Security Commissioner
The Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Frank Bisignano as commissioner of the Social Security Administration, which has been thrown into…
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Musk Is Less Confident About DOGE Goals, 100 Days Into Trump Presidency
Seated at the head of a large conference table inside the West Wing’s Roosevelt Room on Wednesday afternoon, Elon Musk, dressed in his…
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New Details Emerge on Trump Officials’ Sprint to Gut Consumer Bureau Staff
Two weeks ago, a three-judge panel from the federal appeals court in Washington lifted a freeze on firing employees at the Consumer…
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What Elon Musk Didn’t Budget For: Firing Workers Costs Money, Too
President Trump and Elon Musk promised taxpayers big savings, maybe even a “DOGE dividend” check in their mailboxes, when the Department…
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Federal Work Force Prepares for Another Round of Mass Firings as Deadline Nears
Federal agencies are facing a deadline on Monday to present their plans for another round of mass firings, the next step in the Trump…
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Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ Trump Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers
Since taking office, the Trump administration has moved aggressively to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of…
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Social Security Rolls Back Restrictions on Filing for Benefits by Phone
The Social Security Administration said on Tuesday that people seeking retirement or survivor benefits could continue to file applications…
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Trump Order Could Cripple Federal Worker Unions Fighting DOGE Cuts
Federal worker unions have sought over the past two months to lead the resistance to President Trump and his Department of Government…
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Social Security, Buffeted by Turmoil, Awaits a New Leader
When the Wall Street veteran Frank Bisignano goes before Congress on Tuesday as President Trump’s pick to lead the Social Security…
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The Pentagon Draws Back the Curtains for Musk
The stakes behind Musk’s China briefing The boundaries of Elon Musk’s influence appear to be expanding by the day: The Times broke the…
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Pushback to Latest DOGE Demand May Signal Limits for Elon Musk
A clash over Musk’s latest missive Monday could bring a standoff between Elon Musk and huge swaths of the federal government, including…
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Elon Musk Tells Federal Workers to Detail Work in an Email or Lose Their Jobs
The demand left many workers reeling. Most of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s work force had recently been placed on leave as…
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Officials Fired at Traffic Safety Agency Investigating Musk’s Company
The federal agency responsible for traffic safety, which has been investigating whether self-driving technology in Tesla vehicles played a…
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Comparing Elon Musk and Jack Welch as Influential Cost-Cutters
And while the two were both politically conservative, Welch was more of a country-club Republican, partial to golf and no fan — at least…
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Markets and Corporate America Are Unfazed by Washington Chaos, for Now
Even by Washington standards, the second Trump presidency has begun in frenetic fashion: mass firings at federal agencies, tariff threats…
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A Trump DOGE Dividend Could Raise Inflation
DealBook’s Lauren Hirsch is in Miami Beach at the FII Priority conference, where President Trump floated the idea of sending Americans a…
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Struggle Over Americans’ Personal Data Plays Out Across the Government
Last week, Michelle King, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, sought to reassure Democrats on Capitol Hill…
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Elon Musk Zeroes In on the I.R.S.
The fire hose of Elon Musk news continues: We’ve got more on the controversy over the access to sensitive I.R.S. data that Musk’s…
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Musk Team Seeks Access to I.R.S. System With Taxpayers’ Records
The Internal Revenue Service is preparing to give a team member working with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency…
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Team Seeks Access to I.R.S. System With Taxpayers’ Records
The Internal Revenue Service is preparing to give a team member working with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency…
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Elon Musk’s Attacks on CFPB Remove Obstacle to Building ‘X Money’
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is widely known for amassing his fortune through Tesla, his electric car company, and SpaceX, the…
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Elon Musk’s Oval Office Talk Dispels Doubts About His Power
We’ve got some more thoughts on Elon Musk’s $97 billion hostile bid for Sam Altman’s OpenAI, which, we’re told, still hasn’t been…
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Elon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up
President Trump has been in office less than a month, and Elon Musk’s vast business empire is already benefiting — or is now in a…
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Young Aides Emerge as Enforcers in Musk’s DOGE Team Efforts
One Musk acolyte has leaned into his new status as a Washington celebrity. Gavin Kliger, a newly minted senior adviser at the personnel…