Judge rules DOGE push to close USAID likely violated Constitution - Roll Call A federal judge temporarily ordered the administration to stop efforts to shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development. Roll Call · Mar 18, 2025
Musk Pushes New Offensive Against Social Security That Could Affect Benefits Application An internal memo from the Social Security Administration proposed changes to its phone services as Musk's DOGE touts at slashing the agency's funding. Latin Times · Mar 18, 2025
Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service installed in White House Billionaire denies conflict of interest as he heads Trump initiative to cut costs throughout federal government The Guardian - US · Mar 18, 2025
Musk conflict complaints appear moot with Trump in charge - Roll Call Complaints about Elon Musk’s potential conflicts of interest won't go before independent watchdog agencies. Roll Call · Mar 18, 2025
Why is Elon Musk still CEO of Tesla? The tech billionaire and his EV company suffer, Apple castigates itself over Siri failures and a Meta tell-all book evokes a strong reaction The Guardian - US · Mar 18, 2025
Nasa cuts raise fears of handing more influence to SpaceX owner Musk Fired workers warn cuts including closing of two offices will undermine agency work and increase costs The Guardian - US · Mar 18, 2025
Democrats call for criminal conflict of interest probe against Elon Musk over reported Starlink FAA deal Starlink’s parent company SpaceX has denied reports of an impeding FAA contract, but leading Democrats including Elizabeth Warren are not convinced The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2025
Trump administration briefing: judge incredulous at deportations defense; Doge workers break into building White House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela flights; Elon Musk’s Doge workers break into non-government agency – key US politics stories from Monday at a glance The Guardian - US · Mar 18, 2025
DOGE staffers accused of breaking into US Institute of Peace The U.S. Institute of Peace insists it is a nonprofit that it is not part of the executive branch and is instead an independent agency The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2025
Elon Musk Tells Ted Cruz Government Has 'Magic Money Computers' That 'Make Money Out Of Thin Air' DOGE head Elon Musk told Texas Senator Ted Cruz the government has 14 "magic money computers" that "send money out of nothing" Latin Times · Mar 17, 2025
Who is behind the anti-Elon Musk protests targeting Tesla in London? IN DEPTH: From Bluesky radicals to slick PR professionals, Alexander Butler reports on the Britons trying to take down Elon Musk The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2025
Elon Musk says his DOGE team works 120 hours a week. If they used all their remaining time for sleep, they still wouldn’t come close to 8 hours a night The world’s richest man is famously a workaholic. Fortune · Mar 17, 2025
New Income Tax Proposal Is Progressive and Unworkable Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the Trump administration wants to eliminate income taxes for those making $150,000 or less—an unprecedented shift with major consequences. Reason · Mar 17, 2025
Most Americans Disapprove Of Trump's Performance, Majority Have 'Very Negative' View Of Elon Musk: Poll A new poll revealed that more than half of American voters disapprove of President Trump's performance – more U.S. voters are also becoming weary of Elon Musk, who has been advising the president on government downsizing. International Business Times · Mar 17, 2025
The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2025 Fox News host grills GOP Senator over Trump’s Tesla photo-op: ‘Was it sensitive to the moment’ Bernie Moreno ‘applauds’ Trump for celebrating ‘American-made’ Teslas despite Elon Musk’s conflict of interest
The Guardian - US · Mar 16, 2025 Democrats train fire on Musk as unelected billionaire dips in popularity Leaders on left bet on Musk’s bravado to pull party out of political weeds as CEO eyes social security and health cuts
The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2025 Michael Lewis and John Lanchester: ‘Trump is a trust-destroying machine’ Before the 2024 election, the two authors tried to stop Donald Trump’s plan to gut the US federal government with an investigation that transformed the image of civil servants from bureaucrats to superheroes. Now their worst fears have been realised
Kiplinger · Mar 16, 2025 What Trump Has Done With Social Security So Far Since President Trump took office, he has proposed or initiated changes to how Social Security functions. Here's a roundup.
Fortune · Mar 16, 2025 DOGE is flirting with the third rail of American politics — errors could lead to delayed or interrupted benefits, a former top Social Security staffer says The White House says that it won’t mess with Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid benefits, but the loss of expertise raises concerns.
The Guardian - US · Mar 15, 2025 Elon Musk faces week of harsh setbacks amid Tesla selloff and Doge backlash After a SpaceX rocket exploded, investors offloaded Tesla shares and Doge hit legal roadblocks, the world’s richest man saw his fortune sink by $100bn
The Guardian - US · Mar 15, 2025 Notable Tesla investor says he hopes Musk’s government role is ‘short-lived’ Christopher Tsai retains faith in carmaker’s earnings potential despite backlash that has seen its shares take a hit
The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2025 DOGE approval ratings tank with nearly 60% of Americans unhappy, poll finds It’s been just seven weeks since Donald Trump moved to the White House, and voters’ disapproval of Elon Musk’s work and for Donald Trump is climbing, according to a new survey
Reason · Mar 14, 2025 How Pokémon Helps Explain DOGE Musk's fans and critics will keep debating whether DOGE is revolutionizing government or wrecking important institutions.
The Guardian - US · Mar 14, 2025 The US government could shut down: here’s what you need to know As a divided Congress and Democrats spar over a funding bill, here’s what to expect from a government shutdown
Barchart · Mar 14, 2025 Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Buying Up Beaten-Down Tesla Stock. Should You? Marjorie Taylor Greene recently bought TSLA stock, and she’s the person in charge of overseeing Elon Musk’s DOGE efforts. Is this a buy signal?