Unemployment spikes in Washington, D.C., as Trump and Musk begin efforts to shrink the government

'Intention to cause chaos': How Elon Musk is reshaping the US government

In less than two months, Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency claims to have saved over US$100 billion through its cuts to federal contracts and staff. Critics argue ideology and self-interest, not efficiency and money-saving, are the real drivers behind the changes.

Red states embrace Trump’s crackdown on remote government work

A yearslong conflict over whether Nebraska’s governor can unilaterally force state workers back to the office will ultimately be sorted out by the state’s highest court. Read more...

‘Hard to dismiss it as a coincidence’: A closer look at skyrocketing DC unemployment claims

There appears to be an economic trend forming in D.C. as jobless claims have been on a steep upward trajectory over the past several weeks. According to the latest figures from the U.S. Labor Department, 1,780 unemployment claims were filed in the District for the week ending on Feb. 8 — a 36% increase from the 1,310 claims filed the previous week. At the same time last year, only 421 claims were recorded in D.C. “When you do look at the numbers…

Massive Government Reduction Begins to Take Shape - NEWS HOUR FIRST

President elect Trump has named Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to head the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in an effort to trim massive federal overreach. Musk offered the idea in a meeting on X back in August. Trump just made the department official. The acronym is a nod to the cryptocurrency Dogecoin of which Musk is a fan. DOGE will actually function outside government.   Bureaucracy getting trimmed Trump’s statement on it reads…

The Death of Government Expertise

Tom Nichols: "One of the greatest tricks that Donald Trump and Elon Musk ever pulled is to convince millions of people that DOGE, the self-styled Department of Government Efficiency, is about government efficiency.""DOGE isn’t really a department; it’s not an agency; it has no statutory auth

Ted Cruz says lawsuits to stop DOGE ‘aren’t going to work’ - Washington Examiner

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) defended the Department of Government Efficiency despite the fact that “Democrats hate it all.” DOGE has begun its inquiries into the federal government with some obstacles in the weeks after President Donald Trump named Elon Musk its volunteer head. While a lawsuit attempting to keep DOGE out of the data from the Labor Department was dismissed, another U.S. district judge ruled against the department accessing the U.S. Trea…