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Talk about an unwelcome tax cut - DOGE restructuring saw IRS lose 40% of its IT workforce in 2025

The IRS lost massive IT and executive staff in 2025, forcing AI and cross-functional teams to manage critical filing processes.

TechRadar

Elon Musk DOGE incompetence may mean ALL Social Security numbers need to be changed

A whistleblower from Social Security speaks out!

We Got This Covered

Elon Musk declares victory with Medicaid data release

The Trump administration has used fraud in safety net programs as justification for deep spending cuts.

Axios

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A federal tool to check voter citizenship keeps making mistakes. It led to confusion in Texas.

DHS rolled out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.

The Texas Tribune

Reform-led authority set for England’s largest council tax rise – despite Farage pledge to cut rates

Worcestershire County Council has been given special permission to increase its council tax by the maximum 9 per cent, citing a ‘financial emergency’

The Independent UK

Elon Musk will be deposed along with DOGE staffers over USAID dismantling

Destruction of world's largest humanitarian programme was done without formal authority or official oversight, former USAID employees claim

The Independent UK

Judge orders Musk to sit for deposition over DOGE, USAID shutdown

There was "no alternative" to the depositions, the judge ruled.

Axios

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After a decade of silence, Elon Musk’s tunneling startup and its reclusive president, are hitting the media circuit

The Boring Co’s Steve Davis says it’s time to be more transparent, as the company seeks to expand and put some embarrassing episodes behind it.

Fortune

‘The urgency of it was pretty terrifying’: the Australian charities grappling with Trump’s foreign aid freeze a year on

Education, food and health programs have been cut, resulting in preventable deaths, aid groups say

The Guardian - AU

Elon Musk makes the case for why his $2.2 trillion tech empire is the only way to save humanity as the only intelligent life in the universe

“If anyone would know if there are aliens among us, it would be me,” Musk said during the World Economic Forum on Thursday.

Fortune

Elon’s wild ride at the White House: From DOGE and a chainsaw to one epic bust-up with Trump

2025 was an unprecedented year in American politics, with Elon Musk playing a pivotal role. Io Dodds recounts the tech tycoon’s journey from ‘first buddy’ to MAGA exile and back again — all in the space of 12 months

The Independent UK

Explosive revelation: Trump administration admits Musk’s DOGE team accessed sensitive data without approval

This was predictable from day one.

We Got This Covered

DOGE might have misused Social Security data, Trump administration admits

Employees might have shared SSNs to help an advocacy group try to “overturn election results in certain States”.

TechRadar

Doge improperly shared sensitive social security data, DoJ court filing reveals

Trump administration acknowledges that Elon Musk’s cost-cutting operation accessed Americans’ sensitive data

The Guardian - US

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The Guardian - US

American democracy on the brink a year after Trump’s inauguration, experts say

Scale and speed of president’s moves have stunned observers of authoritarian regimes – is the US in democratic peril?

The Independent UK

Trump DOJ admits DOGE Social Security staff worked with political group trying to ‘overturn election results’

At least one staffer inside Elon Musk-led wrecking ball signed off on ‘voter data agreement’ with right-wing activist group

Bored Panda

Americans Shared 33 Things Other People Need To Know About What’s Going On In The US

Tensions are rising in the United States at the moment. Many of the current administration’s policies have not been warmly accepted for many reasons. Beyond the issues reported by the media, people in the country went online to share the other serious matters they believe the rest of the world…

The Independent UK

Elon Musk had a ‘lovely dinner’ with Trump and Melania hours after Maduro’s capture

World’s richest man back on friendly terms with president and pledging to help fund midterms war chest

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The Guardian - US

‘They sowed chaos to no avail’: the lasting legacy of Elon Musk’s Doge

The billionaire – who had no government experience – left various federal agencies in disarray while overseeing an ‘efficiency’ drive across Washington

GOBankingRates

Mark Cuban Warns 4 Key Industries Could Crumble in the Next Recession

Cuban shared some of the key industries that he believes can crumble in the next recession.

The Guardian - US

Elon Musk’s 2025 recap: how the world’s richest person became its most chaotic

How the tech CEO and ‘Dogefather’ made a mess of the year – from his White House tenure to an apparent Nazi salute

The Guardian - US

We still don’t really know what Elon Musk’s Doge actually did

Calculating the actual savings and impact of the bulldozing US department that vowed to cut $1tn in waste is difficult

The Guardian - US

How Las Vegas police ended up with a fleet of free Tesla Cybertrucks

Mysterious donors gave a fleet of 10 of the vehicles – which have had a number of recalls – to the police earlier this year

The Guardian - US

Dragged down by an unpopular president, Republicans are bracing for a midterm trouncing

As Americans tire of Donald Trump, a Democratic midterm ‘tsunami’ could sweep the GOP out of power

International Business Times UK

Epstein Files Redactions Failed After Funding Cuts Forced DOJ to Use Basic Adobe Tools

The DOJ's redaction of the Epstein Files backfired after users discovered hidden texts could be copied and read, a flaw linked to Adobe Acrobat access cuts by DOGE.

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