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Twenty-one U.S. Digital Service technologists resigned rather than implement DOGE2025-02-25Elon Musklost career technologists after DOGE takeoverUnited States Digital Service1 source

Twenty-one U.S. Digital Service technologists resigned rather than implement DOGE2025-02-25Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 source

Twenty-one U.S. Digital Service technologists resigned rather than implement DOGE2025-02-25Donald J. TrumpTrump White House chief of staffSusie Wiles1 source

FDA asked fired Neuralink reviewers to return one week later2025-02-24Elon Muskrestored reviewers after conflict and capacity warningsFood and Drug Administration1 source

FDA asked fired Neuralink reviewers to return one week later2025-02-24Food and Drug Administrationrecalled scientists assigned to reviewNeuralink1 source

FDA asked fired Neuralink reviewers to return one week later2025-02-24Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed health and human services secretaryRobert F. Kennedy Jr.1 source

FDA asked fired Neuralink reviewers to return one week later2025-02-24Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 source

DOGE cut jobs at the auto-safety agency investigating Tesla crashes2025-02-22Elon Muskcut positions at an agency overseeing Musk's automakerNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration1 source

DOGE cut jobs at the auto-safety agency investigating Tesla crashes2025-02-22National Highway Traffic Safety Administrationinvestigated and recalled vehicles made byTesla, Inc.1 source

DOGE cut jobs at the auto-safety agency investigating Tesla crashes2025-02-22Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 source

Fox News hired Lara Trump to host a weekly program2025-02-22Fox News Mediahired as weekly program hostLara Trump1 source

Fox News hired Lara Trump to host a weekly program2025-02-22Donald J. Trumpdaughter-in-law and former party co-chair with a Fox News programLara Trump1 source

Trump's Justice Department dropped its hiring-discrimination case against SpaceX2025-02-21Elon Muskreceived dismissal of DOJ hiring-discrimination litigationSpaceX1 source

Trump's Justice Department dropped its hiring-discrimination case against SpaceX2025-02-21Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 source

NASA awarded SpaceX a contract worth about $100 million during Musk's advisory tenure2025-02-21Elon Muskreceived a federal award during Musk's White House serviceSpaceX1 source

NASA awarded SpaceX a contract worth about $100 million during Musk's advisory tenure2025-02-21SpaceXreceived the NEO Surveyor launch-services award fromNational Aeronautics and Space Administration1 source

NASA awarded SpaceX a contract worth about $100 million during Musk's advisory tenure2025-02-21Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 source

USDA layoffs disrupted bird-flu vaccine testing during an active outbreak2025-02-21Elon Muskdismissed probationary animal-health and research staffU.S. Department of Agriculture1 source

USDA layoffs disrupted bird-flu vaccine testing during an active outbreak2025-02-21Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 source

USDA layoffs disrupted bird-flu vaccine testing during an active outbreak2025-02-21Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought1 source

Trump's FBI nominee takes office2025-02-21Donald J. TrumpFBI director in Trump's second administrationKash Patel2 sources

DOGE funding rose to nearly $40 million while its spending remained shielded2025-02-20Elon Muskled or funded the DOGE operationU.S. DOGE Service1 source

DOGE funding rose to nearly $40 million while its spending remained shielded2025-02-20Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 source

DOGE funding rose to nearly $40 million while its spending remained shielded2025-02-20Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought1 source

King in All but Name — The record2025-02-19Donald J. Trumplinked by cited action or authorityAmerica First Audit — King in All but Name1 source

DOGE documented $16.5 billion beneath a $55 billion savings headline2025-02-19Elon Muskoversaw DOGE while it published the savings ledgerU.S. DOGE Service1 source

DOGE documented $16.5 billion beneath a $55 billion savings headline2025-02-19Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 source

Agency-minimum order triggered conflicting rulings over whether statutory work could continue2025-02-19Donald J. Trumpordered agency reductions throughCommencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy2 sources

Benefits order expanded immigration screening into housing, health, and community grants2025-02-19Donald J. Trumprestricted benefit access throughEnding Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders2 sources

DOGE corrected an $8 billion ICE savings entry that was actually $8 million2025-02-18Elon Muskled DOGE during the wall-of-receipts errorU.S. DOGE Service1 source

DOGE corrected an $8 billion ICE savings entry that was actually $8 million2025-02-18Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 source

The White House denied Musk legally led DOGE while Trump publicly credited him with doing so2025-02-18Elon Muskpublicly directed work while formal leadership remained disputedU.S. DOGE Service2 sources

The White House denied Musk legally led DOGE while Trump publicly credited him with doing so2025-02-18Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 source

The White House denied Musk legally led DOGE while Trump publicly credited him with doing so2025-02-18Donald J. TrumpTrump White House chief of staffSusie Wiles1 source

Independent-agency order centralized rule review and legal interpretation in the White House2025-02-18Donald J. Trumpasserted White House control throughEnsuring Accountability for All Agencies2 sources

Senate confirms Lutnick as commerce secretary2025-02-18Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed commerce secretaryHoward Lutnick2 sources

Lutnick resigned from BGC and Cantor leadership on confirmation day2025-02-18Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.continued controlling BGC voting interest through family controlBGC Group, Inc.2 sources

Lutnick resigned from BGC and Cantor leadership on confirmation day2025-02-18Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed commerce secretary and former chief of Cantor FitzgeraldHoward Lutnick2 sources

FDA layoffs included reviewers working on Musk's Neuralink2025-02-17Elon Muskbenefited from removal of assigned regulatory reviewersNeuralink1 source

FDA layoffs included reviewers working on Musk's Neuralink2025-02-17Neuralinkhad implant products under review byFood and Drug Administration1 source

Senate confirms Lutnick as commerce secretary

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