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Trump fires hundreds of federal aviation workers weeks after deadly crash | Donald Trump News

Personnel from DOGE are set to visit FAA headquarters on Monday as union says workforce is ‘already stretched thin’. The administration of United States President Donald Trump has begun a mass firing campaign targeting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), including workers focused on radar, landing and navigational maintenance. Personnel from the Department of Government Efficiency…

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‘TeslaTakeover’ protests are small, but numerous

Today marked a second weekend of scattered protests at Tesla showrooms, following a “TeslaTakeover” hashtag that has been trending on Twitter alternative Bluesky this week. Protestors’ messages largely focused on the divisive efforts of Tesla CEO Elon Musk as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency since the start of Donald Trump’s Presidency. The…

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Treasury inspector general will investigate DOGE payments access

Two government watchdogs will investigate the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to sensitive Treasury payments systems, they confirmed in letters to Congress. In a letter to Senate Democrats, Treasury Deputy Inspector General Loren Sciurba said that the office opened an audit into the Bureau of Fiscal Service’s payments systems on February 6th. The IG’s office…

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Elon Musk: agent of chaos

It’s hard to think of a time when a single figure has been so central to seemingly everything in the way that Elon Musk is right now. Musk is overseeing and overhauling the federal government, while bending it toward his own financial gain. He’s also ubiquitous in the artificial intelligence world, where this week he…

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