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At the Races: Great egg-spectations - Roll Call

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First Thing: Trump administration to cut more than 90% of USAid foreign aid contracts

Plans are outlined to eliminate 5,800 of 6,200 multi-year USAid contract awards, for a cut of $54bn to foreign aid. Plus, Jeff Bezos directs Washington Post opinion section to celebrate ‘free markets’

The Guardian - UK

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Elon Musk admits DOGE accidentally eliminated prevention measures combatting Ebola virus

USAID leads the government's efforts to combat the spread of infectious diseases before they land on American soil. Some experts claim Musk broke it.

Fortune

Elon Musk’s conflicts of interest ‘should scare every American’, experts say

Doge’s work allows Musk to keep control of companies with billions in federal contracts as he guts government agencies

The Guardian - US

Social Security Disability Dispute Times Could Worsen After Office Closures as Pending Cases Cross 270K

The already lengthy times for appealing rejections for the Social Security Disability Insurance benefits could worsen due to systemic challenges and DOGE's decision to downsize the federal agency.

International Business Times UK

The woman behind Elon Musk’s sidequest at DOGE got her start in nursing before becoming a government insider who served Trump in his first administration

Amy Gleason formerly worked for the U.S. Digital Service, which is now the U.S. DOGE Service.

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Elon Musk Admits 'Accidental' Cancelation Of USAID Ebola Prevention: 'We Won't Be Perfect'

Elon Musk admitted to President Trump's cabinet members that it was a "mistake" for the DOGE to have canceled the USAID's Ebola prevention initiative, and he said the program immediately "restored," but some current and former officials deny his "restoration" claim.

International Business Times

Afternoon Update: Trump expands power of Musk’s Doge agency; Matildas lose three in a row; and Oscars goody bags unpacked

Latest nod of approval for tech billionaire’s cost-cutting program comes after he addresses Trump’s cabinet

The Guardian - AU

Getting out of DOGE? Federal agencies given deadline to come up with plans to leave DC

‘You go around Washington and see all these buildings with the Department of Education. We want to move education back to the states, where it belongs,’ Trump said at a Cabinet meeting

The Independent UK

Trump administration briefing: president praises Doge’s efforts and threatens US media

Trump’s first cabinet meeting of his second term revealed a wide range of aims for the administration – key US politics stories from Wednesday at a glance

The Guardian - US

Trump signs executive order expanding power of Elon Musk’s Doge agency

Order calls for ‘transformation’ in US spending on contracts, grants and loans by requiring centralized payment system

The Guardian - US

Republicans wrestle with Elon Musk while Democrats call him a ‘d***’ — and worse

ANALYSIS: Republicans want some restraint while Democrats, Eric Garcia reports, are making Musk their new boogeyman

The Independent UK

Musk Compared to Homer Simpson After Flippant Reaction to DOGE 'Accidentally' Eliminating Ebola Prevention

Fans of The Simpsons drew parallels between Homer and Elon Musk after Musk casually admitted that DOGE briefly canceled Ebola prevention programs on accident.

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The Independent UK

VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk as lawmakers and veterans decry loss of critical care

The Department of Veterans Affairs has temporarily suspended billions of dollars in contract cuts after an uproar that critical veterans health services were harmed, lawmakers and veterans service organizations said Wednesday

The Independent UK

Elon Musk admits that DOGE accidentally canceled Ebola prevention during USAID cuts: ‘We won’t be perfect’

SpaceX boss claims there was ‘no interruption’ to the Ebola program, but a former USAID head says otherwise

The Independent UK

Elon Musk says he’ll appear on The Daily Show on one condition

Host Jon Stewart recently sliced open his hand while getting riled up about Musk and his initiative’s government cuts

The Independent UK

Who is Amy Gleason? DOGE administrator named by White House — but Elon Musk is still in charge

A 53-year-old former health worker in Tennessee is now at the center of major constitutional questions and global chaos after White House officials abruptly named her as the agency’s chief

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The Independent UK

TikToker who called for Elon Musk to be assassinated probed by Trump loyalist US attorney

Influencer Sarah C Roberts made the alleged threat earlier this week on her TikTok account, which has been deactivated

The Guardian - US

Trump cabinet flunkies hail wannabe Caesar and Elon, his oligarch pal

Special adviser showed instinctive feel for authoritarianism as he addressed the president’s first full cabinet meeting

Latin Times

Elon Musk Calls Himself 'Humble Tech Support' for Trump Administration

Despite neither being an elected official nor a member of the Cabinet, Elon Musk kicked off the Trump administration's first full Cabinet meeting with another new title.

The Independent UK

Karoline Leavitt lashes out at press for being ‘obsessed’ with identity of new DOGE head: ‘You are hounds!’

‘Everybody knew, and we said who she was to all of you,’ Karoline Leavitt snapped. ‘Because you are hounds in the media who are so obsessed with this for some reason!’

Al Jazeera

Key takeaways from Donald Trump’s first cabinet meeting with Elon Musk

Musk defended DOGE attempts to fire federal employees, while Trump said Russia would have to make concessions for peace.

Fortune

Experts warn of federal government brain drain that could be ‘devastating’ for the U.S. economy

“It’s really a devastating way to manage a business, and it’s a devastating way to manage the government.”

Fortune

World’s wealthiest man Elon Musk has been entrusted with federal cost-cutting while his businesses have collected a reported $38 billion in government funds—including millions loaned to Tesla when it was struggling

Almost two-thirds of the $38 billion in funds were pledged to his businesses in the past five years, per the report.

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