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At least 38 DOGE members work, or have worked, for one of Elon Musk’s companies. Meanwhile, nearly two dozen DOGE officials are making cuts to the same federal agencies that regulate the industries that employed them.
Elon Musk may have parted ways with Washington and President Donald Trump, but employees from Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are moving forward with a plan to restructure the Securities and Exchange Commission and bring artificial intelligence technology into the agency.
Two dozen groups across the Triangle have signed a “Duke, Don’t DOGE!” letter urging “an immediate halt” to the University’s layoff measures, and more than 120 community members have signed a petition calling for salary cuts among highest-paid administrators.
Citing ProPublica’s reporting on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Democratic senators argued that the potential conflicts “underscore what appears to be a pervasive problem with Elon Musk and DOGE employees trampling ethics rules and laws.
U.S. layoffs so far this year are at their highest levels since 2020 as Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency and weakening economic conditions push job cuts 80% higher than last year's levels.
Duke University is preparing for more voluntary layoffs, and the possibility of involuntary separations throughout the summer.
2017’s bill shifted the deduction from a full write-off to funding that would have to be parsed out over a period of several years. The provision that pared back the funding did not kick in until 2022, however. Not long after it went into effect, the tech industry began shedding jobs like nobody’s business.
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and fellow Senate Democratic colleagues in calling on
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A few names are coming into view as people who could lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which all signs suggest will have a big influence even with Elon Musk’s departure from his
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mlive on MSNElon Musk is leaving DOGE. What do you think about government spending cuts he directed?As Elon Musk departs DOGE, what do you think about the first four months of the department’s federal spending cuts?