The AI program DOGE used to chew up VA health contracts
A DOGE worker created an AI program to find contracts in the Department of Veterans Affairs that could be “munched.” Mistakes were made.
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These Veterans Fought for the US. Now They’re Fighting Trump’s VA Cuts
On Friday afternoon, thousands of veterans who fought wars on behalf of the United States descended on the National Mall in Washington, DC, to fight something else: cuts to the Department of Veterans…
Dismissed by DEI: Trump’s Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an “Easy Target”
The president’s attack on diversity efforts has derailed the government careers of highly educated civil servants — even though the jobs some lost were not directly involved with any DEI programs.
State Department Cables Reveal Consequences of Elon Musk USAID Cuts
“Without intervention, continued deterioration of the food security situation will lead to loss of life.”
Elon Musk Loses it in a Humiliating Escalation. White House Video Goes Viral
Elon Musk loses it in a humiliating escalation over news reports about his drug use, ketamine-induced incontinence, and Donald Trump calling him a ‘boy.’
A Receipt For Your Humanity: Actual Waste and Abuse
Last week, Elon Musk, the "worst ultra-billionaire on earth," higher than any of his SpaceX rockets ever got, lurched to the end of his rampage through humane governance.
Veteran Protests planned for D-Day latest in nearly 250 years of fighting for their benefits
Veteran protests have been going on for 250 years as they try to get the VA benefits they deserve.
Another Trump Casualty: A Tiny Office That Keeps Measurements of the World Accurate
This work “is kind of like oxygen. You don’t know you need it until it’s not there.”
Trump is Cutting Federal Funding for Research, Public Health, and Medicaid
Health care has proved a vulnerable target for the firehose of cuts and policy changes President Trump ordered in the name of reducing waste and improving efficiency.
Musk Adviser May Make as Much as $1 Million a Year While Helping DOGE
Records show that Chris Young is simultaneously working as a political adviser to Musk while serving in the Department of Government Efficiency, helping to gut the Consumer Financial Protection…
HIV Testing and Outreach Falter as Trump Funding Cuts Sweep the South
The directors of other community HIV testing and outreach groups in MS, AL, LA, and TN told KFF Health they too had reduced their spending.
Trump NIH Cut Research Grants Even After Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show
Trump’s NIH cut research grants even though a judge had already blocked the cuts.
Mistakes Were Made. And Made. And Made Again.
Donald Trump and his goons only needed 100 days to break the government. Good luck putting it back together.
Trump’s latest USDA cuts affect school children’s access to food.
Early in the morning last Monday, a group of third graders huddled in the garden of Mendota Elementary School in Madison, Wisconsin. Of the dozen students present, a handful were busy filling up…
Trump Cut Almost All Federal Workers Investigating Firefighter Deaths
The cuts, which are part of Trump’s slashing of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, will also halt a first-of-its-kind study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer cases.
DOGE Pulls AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs
Workers for the National Civilian Community Corps, AmeriCorps, were sent home due to “new operational parameters.” The program’s long-term fate is unclear.
