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A single day of Trump and Musk's cost-cutting campaign remakes huge sections of government

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's campaign has significantly disrupted federal agencies, increasing political control and affecting operations of government entities like the Environmental Protection Agency and Pentagon.
Changes include requiring approvals for contracts over $50,000 and cutting government credit cards to $1, affecting civilian employees.
The campaign resulted in canceled agreements for 47,000 airport workers, raising concerns about layoffs and privatization.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse expressed worries about Musk's influence on decisions, citing potential risks to agency operations.

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AJC

How Georgians are shaping Donald Trump's overhaul of the federal workforce

Doug Collins and Kelly Loeffler, two former Georgia elected officials, are overseeing job cuts and office moves as part of the president's Cabinet.

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overpassesforamerica.com

State Republicans Eager to Climb on Cost-Cutting Bandwagon - Overpasses For America

Clamoring to capitalize on the MAGA base’s excitement over Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, Republican officials in more than a dozen states have moved to start their own versions. But they want everyone to know they’ve already spent years cutting costs. “We were DOGE before DOGE was cool,” Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida said recently. Or as Gov. Kevin Stitt put it in a social media post: “We’ve been DOGE’ing in Oklahoma before it …

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egbertowillies.com

Trump, through Musk, uses government waste, race, & handout code words to destroy it for tax cuts.

Trump and Musk are using each other to deconstruct and cut government using code words referring to race and waste for tax cuts and fraud. The post Trump, through Musk, uses government waste, race, & handout code words to destroy it for tax cuts. appeared first on EgbertoWillies.com.

6 days ago

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Arab News

A single day of Trump and Musk’s cost-cutting campaign remakes huge

WASHINGTON: A series of decisions revealed Friday provided a glimpse of the turmoil engulfing federal agencies since President Donald Trump and Elon Musk launched their campaign of disruption, upending how government functions in ways big and small. Some changes appeared designed to increase political control over agencies that have historically operated with some degree of

6 days ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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WION

'He'll expose billions of dollars of fraud': Trump defends 'terrific' Elon Musk’s government overhaul

World: Trump was asked if he trusted Musk, the owner of X, who has been tasked with running the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an entity that is not officially recognised as a government department.

6 days ago·Noida, India

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