US EditionColumn: Trump is cheering Elon Musk now, but if anything goes wrong it will be the president's problem
- A federal judge expressed skepticism toward Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency during a hearing on a lawsuit aimed at halting DOGE's access to federal data.
- Judge Tanya Chutkan indicated that the states did not provide sufficient evidence for an emergency restraining order.
- The Department of Justice faced criticism from Judge Chutkan regarding their claims about Musk's authority, which she described as stretching too far.
- Chutkan acknowledged that DOGE operates with troubling secrecy and stated, 'The firing of thousands of federal employees is not a small or common thing'.
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Trump Bends Congress to His Will on Spending, Tax Cut Agenda
President Donald Trump is bending Congress to his will, hobbling minority Democrats with an everything-at-once strategy and rallying fractious Republicans behind his politically risky tax cut plan and billionaire Elon Musk’s cost-cutting crusade.
A crown and a chainsaw. There are no more concise items that represent the nature of the current US administration. On February 19, President Trump wrote "Long Live the King" on his social media, and posted an illustration of himself wearing a crown on the White House official Twitter account. The next day, Elon Musk, who heads the Department of Government Efficiency, brandished a chainsaw at a political rally, saying, "I'm going to cut down the…
Musk vs. the bureaucracy vs. Congress: Who has the power to cut spending? - Washington Examiner
(The Center Square) – The Trump administration’s all-of-Washington shake-up has resulted in hundreds of lawsuits and cries of a “constitutional crisis,” with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency at the heart of many complaints from Democrats. Critics of the department say its on shaky legal footing and have questioned whether Musk’s role violates the U.S. Constitution, as higher-ranking government officials often must be appointed by …
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Musk vs. the bureaucracy vs. Congress: Who has the power to cut spending?
(The Center Square) – The Trump administration’s all-of-Washington shake-up has resulted in hundreds of lawsuits and cries of a "constitutional crisis," with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency at the
Donald Trump’s coming to power for the second time has disrupted the calendars of thousands of scientists around the world. In his quest to “cut back on spending,” which he entrusted to billionaire Elon Musk away from law and custom, his government has interrupted programmed payments, international projects and the work of institutions of all kinds in the fields of science, technology and research. Does it affect Costa Rica? The reality is that …
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