Top DOGE officials are already fleeing as Musk leaves government
Thu, May 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM EDT Top officials at the Department of Government Efficiency are set to leave their roles following the departure of DOGE head Elon Musk. Three officials – adviser Steve Davis, adviser and spokesperson Katie Miller, and attorney James Burnham – are leaving the administration, a White House official told The Hill. Davis served in a leadership role at DOGE and has worked with Musk at several of his companies, including the Boring Company, SpaceX, and X, the social ...
On the Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama
As Elon Musk became one of Donald J. Trump's closest allies last year, leading raucous rallies and donating about $275 million to help him win the presidency, he was also using drugs far more intensely than previously known, according to people familiar with his activities. Mr. Musk's drug consumption went well beyond occasional use. He told people he was taking so much ketamine, a powerful anesthetic, that it was affecting his bladder, a known effect of chronic use. He took Ecstasy and psyched ...
Donald Trump Taking DOGE Lead After Elon Musk Exit
Published May 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM EDT | Updated May 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM EDT President Donald Trump will lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) following Elon Musk's departure, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday. The president will delegate the administration's efforts to cut "waste, fraud and abuse" to individual Cabinet members. Why It Matters Musk, a billionaire tech CEO, announced he would be stepping down after his "scheduled time as ...
FBI probes effort to impersonate White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, sources say
Updated on: May 29, 2025 / 11:13 PM EDT One or more unknown people accessed White House chief of staff Susie Wiles' personal cellphone and used her contacts file to reach out to other top officials and impersonate her, sources told CBS News Thursday. Some of the recipients realized the messages were suspicious because the texts and calls came from an unknown number, sources said, and the impersonator or impersonators asked if the conversations could be continued in another platform, such as ...
Inflation rate slipped to 2.1% in April, lower than expected, Fed's preferred gauge shows
Published Fri, May 30 2025 8:33 AM EDT Updated 2 Min Ago Inflation barely budged in April as tariffs President Donald Trump implemented in the early part of the month had yet to show up in consumer prices, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The personal consumption expenditures price index, the Federal Reserve's key inflation measure, increased just 0.1% for the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 2.1%. The monthly reading was in line with the Dow Jones consensus forecast while ...
Bondi Eliminates ABA's Role in Vetting Trump Judicial Picks
The Justice Department won’t allow the American Bar Association to vet President Donald Trump’s picks for judicial appointments. The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Policy, which prepares judicial nominees, will no longer “direct nominees to provide waivers allowing the ABA access to non-public information, including bar records,” according to the Thursday letter. Nominees also won’t respond to ABA questionnaires or sit for interviews with the ABA’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judici ...
Trump tariffs reinstated by appeals court for now
Published Thu, May 29 2025 3:12 PM EDT Updated 6 Min Ago A federal appeals court on Thursday granted the Trump administration's request to temporarily pause a lower-court ruling that struck down most of President Donald Trump's tariffs. The Trump administration had earlier told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that it would seek "emergency relief" from the Supreme Court as soon as Friday if the tariff ruling was not quickly put on pause. The judgment issued Wedne ...
American doctors look to relocate to Canada to avoid the Trump administration
May 29, 2025 7:13 AM ET Earlier this year, as President Donald Trump was beginning to reshape the American government, Michael, an emergency room doctor who was born, raised, and trained in the United States, packed up his family and left the country. Michael now works in a small-town hospital in Canada. KFF Health News and NPR granted him anonymity because of fears he might face reprisal from the Trump administration if he returns to the U.S. He said he feels some guilt that he did not stay ...
Republican introduces bill to rename DC Metro the 'Trump Train,' 'WMAGA'
05/29/25 1:38 PM ET Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) introduced a bill Thursday to rename the Washington, D.C., subway system after President Trump and his MAGA slogan. The Make Autorail Great Again Act would withhold federal funding to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, known as WMATA, until it rebrands as the Washington Metropolitan Authority for Greater Access, or WMAGA — a similar acronym to the Make America Great Again slogan — and renames the Metrorail the Trump Train. “WMATA ...
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she is 'disappointed' that Trump is considering a pardon for men who plotted
May 29, 2025, 12:12 PM EDT / Updated May 29, 2025, 12:14 PM EDT Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday said that she's "very disappointed" that President Donald Trump is considering pardoning the men who were convicted of conspiring to kidnap her in 2020. The governor told NBC affiliate WOOD-TV that she's "very disappointed that they are even considering it, frankly." During an Oval Office event on Wednesday, Trump said he would "take a look at" pardoning th ...
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ICE detains over 100 in one of Florida's largest immigration raids
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'Well, we all are going to die': GOP senator's stark mic drop to town hall over Medicaid cuts
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Mike Pence Accuses Donald Trump of Ignoring Constitution
1 hr ago - Published May 30, 2025 at 6:24 AM EDT Former Vice President Mike Pence has accused President Donald Trump of supplanting Congress' constitutional authority over trade and commerce, following a federal court ruling that sought to void the majority of ... (Newsweek)
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DOGE Deactivates 523,000 Credit Cards
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