Trump’s Executive Order Expands Musk’s Doge Agency Power, Sparking Outrage
President Trump signed an executive order expanding Elon Musk’s “Doge” program, mandating a centralized system for tracking and justifying federal spending, subject to public transparency, and monitored by Musk’s team. Exemptions exist for national security and related agencies. This initiative is part of a broader White House effort to drastically reduce the federal workforce, with planned large-scale reductions across multiple agencies, including significant cuts at the EPA and potential job losses at other departments. Despite some initial setbacks, including a disputed interruption of Ebola prevention funding, the order also includes measures such as a government real estate offloading plan and a freeze on non-essential government credit card use.
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