President Trump boasted his administration is "breaking all modern Presidential Staffing Records," even as DOGE slashes federal jobs at historic levels.
Alina Habba is being ridiculed for criticizing judges blocking executive orders, saying "separation of powers" should prevent them from doing so.
The purported head of the Department of Government Efficiency was noticeably missing from Fox News' interview with Elon Musk and the team, CNN anchors noted.
Anthony Armstrong, a former Morgan Stanley banker now working for DOGE, stated that the federal workforce reduction was minimal, with less than 0.15% receiving a "Reduction in Force" (RIF) notice. He emphasized that the layoffs mainly affected probationary employees.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday warned of "severe challenges" to global trade, vowing to open the country's door "wider and wider" to foreign firms as Beijing faces down a mounting trade war with the United States.
As Asian markets opened Thursday, shares in carmakers were down sharply. Japan's government described the Washington move as "extremely regrettable," while Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tokyo was "considering all kinds of countermeasures."
Various Democratic lawmakers have taken to online platforms to call for the resignation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other Trump administration officials after it was revealed that several cabinet members were discussing sensitive war plans on a group chat.
President Donald Trump's openness to a suggestion of financially compensating pardoned January 6 rioters has sparked outrage online.
Democratic senators want Trump's national security advisor and the defense chief to step down following the revelation that top Trump cabinet members discussed American war planning topics, specifically Yemen, in a group chat on messaging app Signal.
Massive workforce downsizing and new mandates enforced by DOGE are severely impacting access to Social Security services for millions of recipients.
Lower IRS collections this tax season due to workforce downsizing and dynamic taxpayer behaviour could increase the risks of the US Treasury being unable to repay bills on time and in full by June unless Congress hikes the debt ceiling.
Trump said he would "look into" the use of the Signal app as he put on a united front at a meeting with US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who inadvertently included The Atlantic magazine's Jeffrey Goldberg in the conversation of top national security officials.
Donald Trump defended his national security team after a journalist was mistakenly added to a group chat discussing military plans, calling it "not serious."
Attorney General Pam Bondi demanded that Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett apologize to Tesla shareholders for saying she wants CEO Elon Musk to be "taken down."
Louis DeJoy, appointed postmaster general during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced in February that he would step down. He led the USPS through the pandemic and two high-turnout elections with increased mail-in ballots.
The White House said Trump "continues to have the utmost confidence in his national security team," after the US president earlier said he did not "know anything about" the issue.
Musk is heard off camera at a cabinet meeting—raising the issue of death threats directed at DOGE employees—before Trump interrupts him and ends filming.
It's not just intelligence officers who are at risk; many government agencies manage vast amounts of sensitive data. For example, the Department of Energy oversees the nation's nuclear secrets, while the Pentagon controls critical military information.
A U.S. warship has been deployed to help "to restore territorial integrity at the U.S. southern border," according to the U.S. Northern Command.
Deportation flights to Venezuela should resume following a deal between the country and the U.S.
While the revocations may not have immediate effects, they highlight the escalating political tensions in Washington.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that, following a meeting with DOGE and its head, Elon Musk, the state of Florida would be able to return nearly $1 billion to the federal government.
