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628 matching recordsDOGE payment controls interrupted work recovering missing service members' remains2025-03-09Elon Muskinterrupted remains-recovery support through payment controlsU.S. Department of Defense2 sourcesDOGE payment controls interrupted work recovering missing service members' remains2025-03-09Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed defense secretaryPete Hegseth1 sourceDOGE payment controls interrupted work recovering missing service members' remains2025-03-09Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceFDA laboratories could not buy routine supplies under DOGE payment controls2025-03-09Elon Muskblocked routine laboratory procurementFood and Drug Administration2 sourcesFDA laboratories could not buy routine supplies under DOGE payment controls2025-03-09Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed health and human services secretaryRobert F. Kennedy Jr.1 sourceFDA laboratories could not buy routine supplies under DOGE payment controls2025-03-09Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceDOGE lowered purchase-card limits to $1 across 14 agencies2025-03-09Elon Muskfroze routine agency purchases through a $1 limitU.S. DOGE Service2 sourcesDOGE lowered purchase-card limits to $1 across 14 agencies2025-03-09Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceDOGE lowered purchase-card limits to $1 across 14 agencies2025-03-09Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought1 sourceDOGE marked VA cancer-registry support for immediate termination2025-03-01Elon Musktargeted cancer-data support for contract terminationU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs1 sourceDOGE marked VA cancer-registry support for immediate termination2025-03-01Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceDOGE marked VA cancer-registry support for immediate termination2025-03-01Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought1 sourceOfficial-English order removed a federal access directive affecting nearly 28 million people2025-03-01Donald J. Trumprevoked language-access directive throughDesignating English as the Official Language of The United States2 sourcesDOGE gained access to confidential housing-discrimination and domestic-violence files2025-02-26Elon Musksought and reportedly received access to protected case recordsU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development1 sourceDOGE gained access to confidential housing-discrimination and domestic-violence files2025-02-26Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceDOGE gained access to confidential housing-discrimination and domestic-violence files2025-02-26Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought1 sourceThe White House named Amy Gleason DOGE administrator after more than a month of secrecy2025-02-25Elon Muskoperated through split teams under the White HouseU.S. DOGE Service1 sourceThe White House named Amy Gleason DOGE administrator after more than a month of secrecy2025-02-25Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceThe White House named Amy Gleason DOGE administrator after more than a month of secrecy2025-02-25Donald J. TrumpTrump White House chief of staffSusie Wiles1 sourceTwenty-one U.S. Digital Service technologists resigned rather than implement DOGE2025-02-25Elon Musklost career technologists after DOGE takeoverUnited States Digital Service1 sourceTwenty-one U.S. Digital Service technologists resigned rather than implement DOGE2025-02-25Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceTwenty-one U.S. Digital Service technologists resigned rather than implement DOGE2025-02-25Donald J. TrumpTrump White House chief of staffSusie Wiles1 sourceFDA asked fired Neuralink reviewers to return one week later2025-02-24Elon Muskrestored reviewers after conflict and capacity warningsFood and Drug Administration1 sourceFDA asked fired Neuralink reviewers to return one week later2025-02-24Food and Drug Administrationrecalled scientists assigned to reviewNeuralink1 sourceFDA asked fired Neuralink reviewers to return one week later2025-02-24Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed health and human services secretaryRobert F. Kennedy Jr.1 sourceFDA asked fired Neuralink reviewers to return one week later2025-02-24Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceFox News hired Lara Trump to host a weekly program2025-02-22Fox News Mediahired as weekly program hostLara Trump1 sourceFox 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 sourceUSDA layoffs disrupted bird-flu vaccine testing during an active outbreak2025-02-21Elon Muskdismissed probationary animal-health and research staffU.S. Department of Agriculture1 sourceUSDA layoffs disrupted bird-flu vaccine testing during an active outbreak2025-02-21Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceUSDA layoffs disrupted bird-flu vaccine testing during an active outbreak2025-02-21Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought1 sourceAgency-minimum order triggered conflicting rulings over whether statutory work could continue2025-02-19Donald J. Trumpordered agency reductions throughCommencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy2 sourcesBenefits order expanded immigration screening into housing, health, and community grants2025-02-19Donald J. Trumprestricted benefit access throughEnding Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders2 sourcesThe 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 sourcesThe 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 sourceThe 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 sourceIndependent-agency order centralized rule review and legal interpretation in the White House2025-02-18Donald J. Trumpasserted White House control throughEnsuring Accountability for All Agencies2 sourcesNuclear-security dismissals were hurriedly reversed after safety warnings2025-02-17Elon Muskfired and then sought to rehire nuclear-security specialistsNational Nuclear Security Administration2 sourcesNuclear-security dismissals were hurriedly reversed after safety warnings2025-02-17Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceNuclear-security dismissals were hurriedly reversed after safety warnings2025-02-17Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought1 source