The Trump administration claims it is allowing “lifesaving” foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives.| WIRED
Ein Team von 20 Leuten hat Trump seinem Freund Elon Musk versprochen. Sie sollen die Regierungsausgaben kürzen – haben aber kaum Erfahrung.| www.otz.de
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Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE’s Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn’t exist.| WIRED
Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.| WIRED
Sources tell WIRED that NOAA employees were ordered to give an engineer from Elon Musk’s DOGE task force access to all of the agency’s Google sites by the end of business on Wednesday.| WIRED
The world’s richest man has declared war on the federal government, and his influence appears unchecked.| The Atlantic
What the aid funding freeze means for independent journalism around the world.| Columbia Journalism Review
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments, tax returns, and more.| WIRED
Sources say the former Tesla engineer now in charge of the Technology Transformation Services wants an agency that operates like a “startup software company."| WIRED
Elon Musk’s former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources say.| WIRED
Elon Musk’s DOGE team is automating tasks as it continues its purge of the federal workforce.| WIRED
How Trump - and Robert Peston - broke the news, and why it's probably time to rethink your information diet.| martinrobbins.substack.com
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.| ProPublica
If Elon Musk is America's CEO, DOGE is the Silicon Valley executive branch.| WIRED
Ein Team von 20 Leuten hat Trump seinem Freund Elon Musk versprochen. Sie sollen die Regierungsausgaben kürzen – haben aber kaum Erfahrung.| www.harzkurier.de
Ein Team von 20 Leuten hat Trump seinem Freund Elon Musk versprochen. Sie sollen die Regierungsausgaben kürzen – haben aber kaum Erfahrung.| www.morgenpost.de
Paralelismos históricos que ayudan a explicar la arremetida de Elon Musk contra el gobierno federal.| Voces del Mundo
DOGE is gutting federal agencies to install AI across the government. Democracy is on the line, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Eryk Salvaggio.| Tech Policy Press
The historic parallels that help explain Elon Musk’s rampage on the federal government.| The New Yorker
Ein Team von 20 Leuten hat Trump seinem Freund Elon Musk versprochen. Sie sollen die Regierungsausgaben kürzen – haben aber kaum Erfahrung.| www.braunschweiger-zeitung.de
The Trump administration is illegally blocking authorized spending. If Congress lets them, the U.S. doesn't have Constitutional government.| www.arcdigital.media
Ein Team von 20 Leuten hat Trump seinem Freund Elon Musk versprochen. Sie sollen die Regierungsausgaben kürzen – haben aber kaum Erfahrung.| www.thueringer-allgemeine.de
Crypto exchanges face legal troubles, and Trump’s crypto empire grows as regulations are slashed and enforcement is sidelined.| Citation Needed
At least dozens of workers at the Technology Transformation Service were fired on Wednesday, a day after similar sudden cuts at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.| WIRED
