DOGE News and Blog Posts

Tracking today's developments on clashes between the judiciary and executive branches.

While media outlets acclimate to the news cycle revolving around President Donald Trump for a second term, another figure has demanded almost as much attention: Elon Musk.

As lawsuits against the present efforts to dismantle USAID continue to emerge, the administration’s actions throughout February suggest the agency and its funding will remain in legal limbo for the foreseeable future.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s two-and-a-half week push to reorganize USAID came to a head Tuesday after Trump signed an order placing almost all USAID workers on administrative leave. The order excludes “designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs.”

Because we’re in an increasingly hyper-partisan atmosphere, some may dismiss DOGE as an unserious effort. We should take it seriously. The deficits and debt that the United States is accumulating are among the most pressing domestic problems that we face as a nation.

Optimism has been mostly absent from coverage on the left, and skepticism has been missing in coverage from the right.