Senate weighs Trump’s DOGE cuts package
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The Senate is moving closer to codifying the cuts to government spending championed by President Trump, Elon Musk and DOGE. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) raised objections to the cuts to public broadcasting in Alaska in an interview with CNN’s Manu Raju.
Over the weekend, visitors at Arches National Park near Moab, Utah, spotted a massive bust of Elon Musk being carted around by a pickup. A sign attached to the figure read “MAKE AMERICA WAIT AGAIN” and “Now With Longer Lines Thanks to DOGE Cuts!”
After significantly cutting America’s humanitarian aid operations earlier this year, the Trump administration now has a surplus of food that it can’t use. What will become of it? The White House has a simple plan: incinerate it.
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The airspace above Vancouver International Airport had to be shut down on Tuesday after someone “hijacked” a small plane. The suspect flew a stolen Cessna 172 north for about 40 miles and then began circling, prompting air traffic controllers to divert nine planes to other airports.
More than 2,000 pages of court documents present a new window into the government’s process for terminating research grants to Harvard — and show that the Department of Government Efficiency helped facilitate the operation.
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Senate Republicans are putting the popularity of Department of Government Efficiency spending cuts to the test this week.
The White House says this is the first of many rescissions bills to cut funding for other government programs.
The Department of Veterans Affairs claimed credit for canceling contracts that had not been canceled, and tallied savings unrelated to the cost-cutting efforts.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's historic role of assuring safety is changing as the White House shifts some responsibility to the Department of Energy.
Steve Davis, Musk’s former government lieutenant, continued to exert his authority over the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) even after receiving explicit White House orders to stop. Top Trump officials eventually had to step in and shut him down, Politico reported this week.