US EditionMusk’s AI Tool Implicates DOGE Data Cuts In Texas Flood Deaths
- On Friday July 4, flash floods along central Texas’ Guadalupe River killed at least 43, including 15 children, and Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok linked DOGE cuts to forecast failures.
- DOGE’s early 2025 staff cuts reduced NWS personnel by about 20%, undermining forecast accuracy and contributing to underestimating heavy rainfall, which led to the floods.
- As a result of staffing cuts by DOGE, 11 campers and 1 counselor remain missing, while 38 adults and 21 children have been recovered in Kerr County.
- Officials warn that the proposed 2026 NOAA budget includes further cuts, prompting calls for investigation into NWS vacancies and plans to hire new meteorologists to restore forecasting capacity.
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How DOGE cuts may have left Texas unprepared for flooding
The floods in Texas are bringing attention back to DOGE's cuts to federal agencies. Critics believe the cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service are to blame for unreliable weather predictions.Read the original article on Business Insider
Elon Musk’s DOGE Could Backfire on the Trump Administration
CNN Reporter Spends Saturday Speculating DOGE Cuts Played Role in TX Flooding Deaths
Throughout Saturday, CNN senior White House reporter Betsy Klein couldn’t help but work into her live shots blatant speculation about whether cuts to the National Weather Service by President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) played a role in the deaths of what was then 50 known dead in catastrophic flooding that struck Texas’s Hill Country.
DOGE Cuts Turned A Predicted Disaster Into A Deadly Reality In Texas
On Thursday, literally the day before flash flooding devastated Texas, the Texas Observer published an article warning that "Trump's DOGE Cuts Are a Texas-Sized Disaster," explaining how cuts to both the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) would likely lead to disaster for Texas. Twenty-four hours later, those…
US Cancels 54 Contracts, Saves $804 Million in 2 Days: DOGE
Federal government agencies terminated 54 contracts over two days that netted $804 million in savings, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said in a July 5 post on social media platform X. The canceled “wasteful contracts” had a ceiling value of $1.8 billion, it said. These include an “$842k USAID professional services contract for a ‘director of the Armenia innovation hub within the USAID/Armenia Economic Growth Office’ and a $33k US…
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