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Editorial: Cuts to federal workforce aren't a joke. DOGE is

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has led to job cuts that slow down self-driving vehicle deployment, according to a terminated federal worker.
The Office of Automation Safety, part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration , lost three of its seven employees due to layoffs on February 14.
Despite layoffs, an NHTSA spokesperson reported that the agency's workforce remains 'considerably' larger since the Biden administration began.

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Daily Kos

Musk/Trump cuts shut down potentially life-saving clinical trial for breast cancer

The destruction and damage wrought by the haphazard, thoughtless and draconian cuts instituted by Elon Musk and Donald Trump are already having real-world, negative consequences for millions of Americans, regardless of party affiliation or political...

5 hours ago·United States

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South Dakota News Watch

Federal cuts roundup: The impact on South Dakota

President Donald Trump wasted little time fulfilling a campaign promise to cut the size and cost of the federal workforce, with the assistance of Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).The changes are happening fast and furious across numerous agencies and departments, including in South Dakota. But very little official information about the cuts is being provided to the press or public. In an effort to help readers underst…

12 hours ago

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hechingerreport.org

Former Trump commissioner blasts DOGE education data cuts

The National Center for Education Statistics is a relatively obscure federal agency, but its mission — to collect data on the state of education — affects every public school in the country. Now, this work is under threat because of cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE. And that alarms a former Trump appointee who ran the statistics unit and fears it will become politicized.“You’re talking about millions of dollars worth of in…

13 hours ago

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Business Insider

DOGE job cuts will slow down robotaxi rollout, says fired federal worker

Elon Musk unveiled Tesla's "Cybercab" robotaxi last year.TeslaNearly half the team regulating self-driving cars was fired in the layoff of federal workers last month.One terminated NHTSA employee said the firings would slow down companies trying to deploy robotaxis, including Tesla.Tesla CEO Elon Musk is leading efforts to slash the federal workforce with DOGE.Job cuts imposed by Elon Musk's DOGE will slow down the deployment of self-driving veh…

14 hours ago·United States

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Bangor Daily News

Trump cuts already having devastating impacts on tribal communities

Kirk Francis is the chief of the Penobscot Nation. He is writing as part of Wabanaki Voices, an effort with the Wabanaki Alliance to share tribal perspectives in the Bangor Daily News opinion section. Along with being the chief of the Penobscot Nation, I have had the honor of being elected president of United Southern and Eastern Tribes (USET) by my peers. In this capacity, my role is to educate and advocate on behalf of tribal nations. The Waba…

18 hours ago·Bangor, United States

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