2/17
‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts (The Guardian)
DOGE’s death blow to education studies (The Hechinger Report)
No, 150-Year-Olds Aren't Collecting Social Security Benefits (Wired)
2/18
Musk Ally Demands Admin Access to System That Lets Government Text the Public (404 Media)
Social Security head steps down over DOGE access of recipient information, sources say (CNN)
Uncertainty mounts at Space Development Agency as Air Force IG prepares probe (Defense One)
Court invalidates Trump’s attempt to fire MSBP leader (Federal News Network)
Food head at FDA quits citing Trump administration’s mass staff cuts (The Guardian)
Donald Trump Has Already Spent $10.7 Million Of Taxpayer Money Playing Golf (HuffPost)
Leader of FDA food division resigns (NBC News)
Longtime GSA employee quits rather than give Musk ally access to Notify.gov (NextGov)
National Parks Layoffs Will Cause Communities to Lose Billions (Planetizen; see also, NPS visitor spending website)
Not Even DOGE Employees Know Who’s Legally Running DOGE (Wired)
2/19
Trump calls Zelensky a 'dictator' as rift between two leaders deepens (BBC)
Trump’s Education Secretary Pick Blames D.C. ‘Bureaucrats’ For Indian Boarding Schools (HuffPost)
US Fish and Wildlife Service Has Halted Critical Conservation Funding (Mother Jones)
DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn't add up (NPR)
Trump claims expanded power over independent agencies (NPR)
The USDA fired staffers working on bird flu. Now it's trying to reverse course (NPR)
“They’re Scared Shitless”: The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump’s Grip on Congress (Vanity Fair)
2/20
The SAVE Act Would Hurt Americans Who Actively Participate in Elections (Brennan Center)
Setting the Record Straight on Social Security (CBPP)
The SAVE Repayment Plan Is Effectively Dead: What Borrowers Should Do (Forbes)
Americans now view Elon Musk and DOGE far less favorably than the programs DOGE is slashing, poll shows (Fortune; direct to poll results)
Hostile takeover at National Archives erodes our right to know (FPF)
Get Ready For Delayed Tax Refunds, Long Hold Times After Mass IRS Firings (HuffPost)
Appeals court denies Trump’s plea to reinstate birthright citizenship ban (The Guardian)
Revealed: US firm running Guantánamo migrant jail accused over rights abuses (The Guardian)
Trump Signs Order Shuttering Four Government Entities (Lawfare; direct to EO)
Trump administration has cleared migrants out of Guantánamo Bay (NBC News)
Judge rules against union bid to block mass federal layoffs by Trump (NBC News)
Trump administration yanks CDC flu vaccine campaign (NPR)
Trump Team Plans Deep Cuts at Office That Funds Recovery From Big Disasters (NYT)
DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion (ProPublica)
Education Department “Lifting the Pause” on Some Civil Rights Probes, but Not for Race or Gender Cases (ProPublica)
Why Is the DOJ Pretending Like Elon Musk Isn’t in Charge of DOGE? (Slate)
White House Finds Workaround to Shut Down NIH-Backed Medical Research (TPM)
2/21
National Park Service restores some jobs of fired employees, pledges to hire 7,700 seasonal workers (AP)
Trump bars federal scientists from working on pivotal global climate report (CNN; see also, IPCC website)
Judge Halts Implementation of Trump Anti-DEIA Executive Orders Nationwide in Suit Filed by Higher Education Officials, Restaurant Workers, City of Baltimore (via Democracy Forward)
America has turned on its friends (Financial Times)
US spy agency data on DOGE website was 'unclassified' but not meant for public release (MSN/Reuters)
Treasury agrees to block DOGE’s access to personal taxpayer data at IRS (MSN/WaPo)
Postal Service braces for potential takeover by Trump's Commerce Department (NBC News)
Trump administration rescinds order to halt legal aid for unaccompanied migrant children (NBC News)
Supreme Court punts on order that blocked Trump's firing of special counsel (via NPR, with link to court opinion)
White House reverses DOGE cuts to 9/11 health program, grants (NY1)
DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes (NYT, gift link)
Federal Judge Banishes Musk’s DOGE Aides From Treasury Dept. Systems (NYT)
Acting ICE director reassigned (Politico)
Fired federal workers share the crucial jobs no longer being done (ScienceNews)
Pentagon to fire 5,400 workers, backlash builds to Trump downsizing effort (Reuters)
Trump Issued Perhaps His Most Terrifying Executive Order on Tuesday (Slate)
Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE (The Verge; direct to website)
Federal judge extends restraining order on Trump administration’s cap on NIH indirect costs (Stat)
2/22
The Great Resegregation (Atlantic, gift link)
Trump Is Turning Off All 8,000 EV Chargers at All Federal Government Buildings (The Drive)
The importance of being litigious (Law Dork)
Elon Musk says federal employees must either document their work — or lose their jobs (NPR; see also, H Oversight ranking member statement/letter to OPM)
Amid Changes at the National Archives, the Carter Library Cancels a Civil Rights Book Event (NYT)
US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources (Reuters)
CDC Shutters PRAMS Program on Maternal and Infant Health (TPM)
DOGE Claims It Has Saved Billions. See Where. (WSJ, gift link)
2/23
Trump halts medical research funding in apparent violation of judge’s order (The Guardian)
