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Elon is doing a great job, but I would like to see him get more aggressive,
Trump posted all in uppercase letters on his Truth Social platform
If Trump thinks Doge is going to be able to just cancel regulations under these vague criteria the way it has attempted to just cancel agencies, he’s going to be disappointed,
said Daniel Walters, an associate law professor at Texas A&M University
The AI Safety Institute was designed to play a basic, common-sense role coordinating the kind of work that needs to happen for the entire industry to succeed,
Givens said in a statement
We believe that excessive regulation of the AI sector could kill a transformative industry,
Vance said at the conferenceThe now-abandoned lawsuit against Coinbase involved the most basic assertion of SEC authority: Coinbase cryptocurrency offerings are actually securities and must be registered and regulated as such,
Public Citizen co-president said in a statementSEC staff has agreed in principle to dismiss its unlawful enforcement case against Coinbase, subject to commissioner approval – righting a major wrong,
Paul Grewal, the company’s chief legal officer, wrote in a blogpostTech firms should not be bullying their users,
Ferguson said in a statementThe striking image at the inauguration of so many leaders in attendance who had taken more aggressive stances towards Trump in his first term shows that they hope for more favorable treatment,
said Gautam Hans, law professor and director of the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Clinic at Cornell
This lifesaving program should have never been on the chopping block in the first place and so it makes sense that the Trump administration has done a complete about-face and heeded our calls to reverse these devastating cuts and rehire the dedicated staff of the World Trade Center Health Program,
Schumer said in a Friday statement
On behalf of EPA, we apologize for this inconvenience and thank you for your service to the Agency.”
Those who were brought back simply got this email messageThis is a reminder of why, when looking for savings to reduce our nation’s $37 trillion debt, we need to use a scalpel not a sledgehammer—to avoid unintended consequences and unnecessary anxiety,
Malliotakis said
We are building the rocket as we’re launching it,
national security adviser Mike Waltz declared Friday at a far-right conservative political conference, apparently unaware of the irony of his claimWhile President Trump is fulfilling his promise to shed light on waste, fraud, and abuse in government, DOGE needs to measure twice and cut once,
Bacon said WednesdayThere is nothing unlawful about the Treasury carrying out the new policies of the new administration using Treasury employees."
Speaking in court Jeffrey Stuart Oestericher, one of the Trump administration's lawyers, said
We just won a court order stopping DOGE and unauthorized, unelected, and unvetted individuals like Elon Musk from accessing people's private data and blocking federal funds. We will keep fighting to protect all Americans from this administration's destruction."
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There’s an unelected, vast federal bureaucracy that is implacably opposed to the president and the Cabinet,
Musk told interviewer Sean Hannity
This is a targeted campaign designed to influence the Bundestag election,
a spokesperson for the interior ministry told POLITICOThink of Congress and its budget as the debt-ridden dad on the way to buy a $250,000 Ferrari on the credit card, and DOGE is the $2 off gas card he used along the way. It's great that he saved $2 on gas, but I think his wife may be more concerned about the $250,000 car."
Jessica Riedl, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, told NPRThese firings are not about poor performance -- there is no evidence these employees were anything but dedicated public servants. They are about power. They are about gutting the federal government, silencing workers and forcing agencies into submission to a radical agenda that prioritizes cronyism over competence."
Everett Kelley, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), stated in a press releaseDOGE is an unprecedented and highly controversial approach to federal spending reform. From a financial planning perspective, there are critical concerns about its methodology and long-term implications..."
Michael Ryan, a finance expert and the founder of MichaelRyanMoney.com, told Newsweek early this month