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Deposition Exposes DOGE Bros Can’t Even Define DEI

Deposition videos released by the American Historical Association against former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees made rounds online. For a bunch of appointed personnel, it didn’t seem like they had an understanding of the budgets they wanted to slash.

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DOGE staffer who flagged grants to reject for ‘DEI’ struggles to define the term

A staff member for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, who was in charge of flagging grants for “DEI,” struggled to define the term during a lawsuit deposition.

The Independent UK

Dozens of jurors dismissed from Elon Musk Twitter takeover trial after his own lawyer admits so many ‘hate him’

A group of investors is suing Musk for allegedly making misleading statements about bot accounts on Twitter during his drama-filled acquisition

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Teen who faced deportation in Denmark says Elon Musk’s comments about her ‘hotness’ are ‘crazy’

Musk was commenting on Audrey Morris, a now-19-year-old U.S. native who was at risk of deportation from Denmark

The Independent UK

Elon Musk Likens Failed DOGE to 'Save the Baby Pandas NGO' Before Its Shutdown

Elon Musk defended his failed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) by comparing fraud to a 'Save the Baby Pandas NGO' that featured no actual pandas.

International Business Times UK

A Dirge for DOGE

The Department of Government Efficiency didn't accomplish much. We still have cause to mourn its official closure.

Reason

DOGE Shutdown: Did the Clash Between Trump and Musk Doom the Department?

Trump's Department of Government Efficiency collapsed less than a year after launch, with transparency issues, political friction and Elon Musk's departure raising doubts about whether the agency was ever built to survive.

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White House Scraps DOGE: The Bizarre Subscriptions and Weird Overseas Contracts Draining Public Funds

The White House has disbanded the controversial Department of Government Efficiency after bizarre subscriptions, overseas contracts, and questionable spending drained public funds.

International Business Times UK

DOGE Disbands 8 Months Before Expiration Date: 'Office Doesn't Exist,' Says Trump's OPM Director

The Department of Government Efficiency, originally an Elon Musk-backed effort to shrink the federal government, has disbanded with about eight months left on its charter, ending an initiative billed as a flagship of President Donald Trump's cost-cutting agenda.

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Stephen Miller’s wife brags about Trump strategist being a ‘sexual matador’ as Jesse Watters interview takes weird turn

Katie Miller previously worked as a spokesperson for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and followed him out the White House door before parting ways with the Tesla titan

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White House is begging hundreds of office managers fired by Elon Musk’s DOGE to come back to work

Multiple federal agencies are moving to reverse cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency

The Independent UK

Trump appears unmoved by apparent Musk reconciliation at Charlie Kirk memorial

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk were seen shaking hands at Charlie Kirk’s memorial

The Independent UK

100 Days Later, US Federal Workers Navigate Post-Musk Wreckage

Roughly 100 days after Elon Musk's dramatic departure from the Trump White House, federal workers are still grappling with the lasting damage from his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

International Business Times

Never understimate Elon Musk – he is not with Donald Trump and yet, he still managed to put millions of Americans at risk

Another whistle blower opens up.

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DOGE Put Social Security Data Of 300 Million Americans At Risk, Alleges Whistleblower — Says Trump Admin Agency Had 'Excessive Access'

The Department of Government Efficiency placed the personal data of millions of Americans, including Social Security numbers, on a vulnerable cloud server in June, according to a new whistleblower complaint by the Social Security Administration's chief data officer, Charles Borges.

The Independent UK

Trump orders federal law enforcement to patrol DC after Stephen Miller claims crime in capital ‘more violent than Baghdad’

Trump has been threatening to federalize the capital all week following an attack on a former Department of Government Efficiency staffer

Latin Times

Musk's Right Hand DOGE Man Tried to Lead Agency Well After His Ousting 'Like It Was Business As Usual'

Elon Musk's right-hand man while he served at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) reportedly tried to lead the agency even after he had departed.

The Independent UK

DOGE sprouts in red states, as governors embrace the cost-cutter brand and make it their own

President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency has spawned state-level DOGE initiatives as Republican governors and lawmakers aim to show that they're in step

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Elon Musk's Father Says He Warned His Son Against Going Into Politics – 'He's Not a Very Good Politician At All'

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Chief Executive Elon Musk's controversial stint at President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency ended in May, but debate persists over what he gained or lost, and how it affected his businesses.

The Independent UK

Trump ally and mega investor launches PAC to go against Musk’s political ambitions - and takes jab at Tesla in its name

James Fishback, a former Department of Government Efficiency adviser, launched the FSD PAC Tuesday in response to Musk’s ‘antics’

Fortune

Job openings among the largest U.S. federal contractors have plummeted at 25x the rate of all other jobs amid DOGE cuts, report finds

Indeed data found a 15% drop in job listings among the 25 largest U.S. contractors since the beginning of the second Trump administration.

The Independent UK

Reform-led councils in ‘paralysis’ as dozens of meetings cancelled in first weeks

Opposition councillors say confusion has swept over newly Reform-controlled councils

Fortune

House Speaker Mike Johnson says Trump is 'not delighted that Elon did a 180' after the pair spent four months working closely together

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have a complex history.

The Independent UK

DOGE took over the US Institute of Peace. Now, the inside looks like a zombie movie, security chief reveals

Exclusive: Rodents swarmed the building after DOGE operatives failed to clear out the food left behind by booted staffers, institute security chief Colin O’Brien told The Independent

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Is TSLA Stock Still a Buy as the ‘Musk Back at Tesla’ Story Runs Its Course?

Elon Musk has left the Department of Government Efficiency to focus on his companies, including Tesla. Going forward, fundamentals might be a bigger driver of TSLA stock than Musk’s politics.

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