The establishment of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) relied on a recruitment campaign carried out, in part, by young software engineers fanning out across online chat groups and Discord servers, according to three sources and chat logs reviewed by WIRED. Some of the engineers are associated with data analytics firm Palantir or…
Topline Billionaire and government efficiency chief Elon Musk has repeatedly spread baseless or outright false claims about the gutted U.S. Agency for International Development on X, including an unsupported claim the agency was a form “money laundering” and that it paid celebrities millions to visit Ukraine. Hoaxes about USAID have spread quickly on social media…
Politics TOO MANY OPINIONS The Microsoft founder has defended the federal humanitarian agency Musk is determined to close down. Matt Young Night Editor Published Feb. 6 2025 3:26AM EST CNN Matt Young Night Editor MattYoung matt.young@thedailybeast.com Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here. Source link
Nathan Tankus is the research director of the Modern Money Network. He also writes the Notes on the Crises newsletter. President Donald Trump’s efforts to freeze federal funds is an unprecedented assault on the federal government — and the beginning of a constitutional crisis. His billionaire donor Elon Musk’s attempts to gain access to the…
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a task force led by Tesla CEO and billionaire adviser Elon Musk under President Donald Trump, has reportedly secured access to sensitive Treasury data, including Social Security and Medicare payment systems. According to a report in the New York Times, quoting two individuals familiar with the situation, this development…
Elon Musk and his DOGE team have been granted access to the US Treasury Department’s payment system, according to a report in the New York Times. The move follows a standoff between Musk’s team and a top Treasury official, David Lebryk, who refused to grant access to the department’s payment system. The official was reportedly…
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) – an Elon Musk-led advisory group under the new Trump administration – has now got access to the federal payment system, the New York Times reported citing people familiar with the change. The move will help Musk and his team – which has been tasked by President Donald Trump…
A senior U.S. lawmaker says representatives of Elon Musk were granted “full access” to a U.S. Treasury payments system used to disperse trillions of dollars to Americans each year, and warned that Musk’s access to the system poses a “national security risk.” Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democratic senator from Oregon and ranking member of the…
Trumpland IT’S NOTHING PERSONNEL A source claimed the DOGE director has seized control of the computer system that manages all government personnel. Emell Derra Adolphus News Reporter Published Jan. 31 2025 11:22PM EST CHIP SOMODEVILLA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Emell Derra Adolphus News Reporter JunkMell emell.adolphus@thedailybeast.com Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here. Source link
U.S. News Michael Whitaker had only been in the role for a year but the SpaceX chief accused him of “harassment.” Updated Jan. 29 2025 11:54PM EST / Published Jan. 29 2025 11:53PM EST The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Im Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here. Source link