By Lisa Rein, Holly Bailey, Jeff Stein, Jacob Bogage · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration left her job this weekend after a clash with billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service over its attempts to access sensitive government records, three people familiar with her departure said Monday. Michelle King, who spent several decades at […]
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Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
By Lisa Rein, Holly Bailey, Jeff Stein, Jacob Bogage · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration left her job this weekend after a clash with billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service over its attempts to access sensitive government records, three people familiar with her departure said Monday. Michelle King, who spent several decades at […]
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High-ranking D.C. federal prosecutor resigns in protest
By Carol D. Leonnig, Spencer S. Hsu · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The head of the criminal division in the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. resigned Tuesday morning after declining to comply with a Trump administration demand to freeze the assets of a multibillion-dollar Biden administration environmental grant initiative, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Veteran […]
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High-ranking D.C. federal prosecutor resigns in protest
By Carol D. Leonnig, Spencer S. Hsu · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The head of the criminal division in the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. resigned Tuesday morning after declining to comply with a Trump administration demand to freeze the assets of a multibillion-dollar Biden administration environmental grant initiative, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Veteran […]
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As Trump vents about covid, experts worry his moves could worsen next threat
By Dan Diamond, Lena H. Sun · The Washington Post (c) 2025 In Atlanta, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was told Friday to lay off an estimated 10 percent of its staff, including nearly an entire class of “disease detectives” – the infectious-disease experts charged with helping spot the next epidemic. In West Texas, local officials warned […]
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As Trump vents about covid, experts worry his moves could worsen next threat
By Dan Diamond, Lena H. Sun · The Washington Post (c) 2025 In Atlanta, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was told Friday to lay off an estimated 10 percent of its staff, including nearly an entire class of “disease detectives” – the infectious-disease experts charged with helping spot the next epidemic. In West Texas, local officials warned […]
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SEC rule suspension is early gift for Trump’s oil and gas supporters
By Peter Whoriskey · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump’s energy secretary and two of his major donors won a key victory last week when the Securities and Exchange Commission moved to back off a rule requiring large companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and any plans to reduce them. The rule has been a […]
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SEC rule suspension is early gift for Trump’s oil and gas supporters
By Peter Whoriskey · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump’s energy secretary and two of his major donors won a key victory last week when the Securities and Exchange Commission moved to back off a rule requiring large companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and any plans to reduce them. The rule has been a […]
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New Mexico sues Elon Musk
By Julia Goldberg, Source NM The State of New Mexico is leading a new multi-state lawsuit against Elon Musk, the Department of Government Efficiency and Donald Trump, claiming that the actions Trump has allowed Musk’s DOGE to take violate the U.S. Constitution. New Mexico did not join a separate lawsuit filed last week by a dozen state […]
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New Mexico sues Elon Musk
By Julia Goldberg, Source NM The State of New Mexico is leading a new multi-state lawsuit against Elon Musk, the Department of Government Efficiency and Donald Trump, claiming that the actions Trump has allowed Musk’s DOGE to take violate the U.S. Constitution. New Mexico did not join a separate lawsuit filed last week by a dozen state […]