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DOGE

How Elon Musk and His Associates Are Remaking the Federal Bureaucracy

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Senators Demand Investigation Into Canceled VA Contracts, Citing “Damning Reporting From ProPublica”

by Eric Umansky and Vernal Coleman

June 26, 2025, 7:00 am EDT
Senators Demand Transparency on Canceled Veterans Affairs Contracts

by Brandon Roberts and Vernal Coleman

June 11, 2025, 12:15 pm EDT
Impact: Senators Call on DOJ to Investigate Potential DOGE Conflicts of Interest After ProPublica Report

by Jake Pearson

May 29, 2025, 3:15 pm EDT

43 stories published since 2024

The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security

by Eli Hager

September 8, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Getting “DOGED”: DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.

by Avi Asher-Schapiro and Christopher Bing

August 22, 2025, 6:30 am EDT
Senators Demand Investigation Into Canceled VA Contracts, Citing “Damning Reporting From ProPublica”

by Eric Umansky and Vernal Coleman

June 26, 2025, 7:00 am EDT
Senators Demand Transparency on Canceled Veterans Affairs Contracts

by Brandon Roberts and Vernal Coleman

June 11, 2025, 12:15 pm EDT
The DOGE 100: Musk Is Out, but More Than 100 of His Followers Remain to Implement Trump’s Blueprint

by William Turton, Christopher Bing, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Al Shaw and Jake Pearson

June 10, 2025, 3:00 pm EDT
Inside the AI Prompts DOGE Used to “Munch” Contracts Related to Veterans’ Health

by Brandon Roberts and Vernal Coleman

June 6, 2025, 5:05 am EDT
DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts

by Brandon Roberts, Vernal Coleman and Eric Umansky

June 6, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Impact: Senators Call on DOJ to Investigate Potential DOGE Conflicts of Interest After ProPublica Report

by Jake Pearson

May 29, 2025, 3:15 pm EDT
The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk.

by Joshua Kaplan, Brett Murphy, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski

May 15, 2025, 5:30 am EDT
Musk Adviser May Make as Much as $1 Million a Year While Helping to Dismantle Agency That Regulates Tesla and X

by Jake Pearson

May 14, 2025, 10:15 am EDT
The Department of Education Forced Idaho to Stop Denying Disabled Students an Education. Then Trump Gutted Its Staff.

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman

May 13, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show

by Annie Waldman

May 7, 2025, 5:10 pm EDT
DOGE Aide Who Helped Gut CFPB Was Warned About Potential Conflicts of Interest

by Jake Pearson

May 7, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
The Latest Trump and DOGE Casualty: Energy Data

by Peter Elkind

May 5, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
A DOGE Aide Involved in Dismantling Consumer Bureau Owns Stock in Companies That Could Benefit From the Cuts

by Jake Pearson

April 29, 2025, 1:30 pm EDT
Inspector General Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information or Sensitive IRS Material

by William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Christopher Bing and Andy Kroll

April 25, 2025, 5:05 pm EDT
White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On

by Abrahm Lustgarten

April 24, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
The Trump Administration’s War on Children

by Eli Hager

April 23, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Trump Laid Off Nearly All the Federal Workers Who Investigate Firefighter Deaths

by Mark Olalde

April 21, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More

by Alec MacGillis

April 18, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Two Months After Trump’s Funding Cuts, a Nonprofit Struggles to Support Refugees and Itself

by Amy Yurkanin

April 15, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Beyond Showerheads: Trump’s Attempts to Kill Appliance Regulations Cause Chaos

by Peter Elkind

April 11, 2025, 7:00 am EDT
Trump Said Cuts Wouldn’t Affect Public Safety. Then He Fired Hundreds of Workers Who Help Fight Wildfires.

by Mark Olalde

April 7, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
How Investigative Journalists Actually Find Fraud, Waste and Abuse

by Stephen Engelberg

March 31, 2025, 11:00 am EDT
Did You Work on a Terminated NIH Grant? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You.

by Annie Waldman, Ashley Clarke and Asia Fields

March 28, 2025, 2:00 pm EDT
Fend for Yourself: Under Trump, Consumer Protection Bureau’s Probes of Big Tech and Finance Firms Freeze Up

by Jake Pearson

March 26, 2025, 12:30 pm EDT
Killing Grants That Have Saved Lives: Trump’s Cuts Signal End to Government Work on Terrorism Prevention

by Hannah Allam

March 20, 2025, 11:59 am EDT
Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on the Courts

by Andy Kroll

March 19, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Who’s Running the DOGE Wrecking Machine: The World’s Richest Man or a Little-Known Bureaucrat?

by Christopher Bing, Avi Asher-Schapiro and Annie Waldman

March 14, 2025, 1:30 pm EDT
Washington Blues: A Government Town Faces a Gloomy Future

by Alec MacGillis

March 13, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
“The President Wanted It and I Did It”: Recording Reveals Head of Social Security’s Thoughts on DOGE and Trump

by Eli Hager

March 12, 2025, 10:25 am EDT
How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save

by Andy Kroll

March 5, 2025, 6:00 am EST
DOGE Gains Access to Confidential Records on Housing Discrimination, Medical Details — Even Domestic Violence

by Jesse Coburn

February 26, 2025, 12:30 pm EST
The Trump Administration Keeps Citing an Untrue Stat as It Targets Federal Workers

by Stephen Engelberg

February 24, 2025, 5:00 am EST
Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In

by Eli Hager

February 22, 2025, 6:00 am EST
DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion

by Avi Asher-Schapiro, Andy Kroll and Christopher Bing

February 20, 2025, 3:55 pm EST
The Staffers Helping Elon Musk Dismantle and Downsize the U.S. Government, One Agency at a Time

by Christopher Bing and Annie Waldman

February 11, 2025, 6:25 pm EST
One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands.

by Heather Vogell

February 11, 2025, 5:00 am EST
Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance

by Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards

February 11, 2025, 12:30 am EST
The Elite Lawyers Working for Elon Musk’s DOGE Include Former Supreme Court Clerks

by Justin Elliott, Avi Asher-Schapiro and Andy Kroll

February 7, 2025, 5:25 pm EST
Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Expected to Examine Another Treasury System Next Week

by Justin Elliott and Robert Faturechi

February 7, 2025, 4:30 pm EST
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew

by Avi Asher-Schapiro, Christopher Bing, Annie Waldman, Brett Murphy, Andy Kroll, Justin Elliott, Kirsten Berg, William Turton, Sebastian Rotella, Alex Mierjeski, Pratheek Rebala and Al Shaw

February 6, 2025, 5:07 pm EST
An Open Letter to Elon Musk

by Stephen Engelberg

December 11, 2024, 5:00 am EST