Elon Musk’s plans for mass government firings just hit a legal roadblock
A judge ruled Thursday that the Trump administration’s directive to fire tens of thousands of workers across the federal government ...
Tag: Influence
The fight over everyone’s private tax data, explained
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A setback for Elon Musk’s plan to gut the federal workforce
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Elon Musk’s secretive government IT takeover, explained
Billionaire Elon Musk and his band of young Silicon Valley engineers have gained access to IT systems controlling critical functions ...
The worst thing Trump has done so far
About two and a half months ago, I wrote a piece about what foreign aid might look like in the ...
Trump and Musk actually made a good point on immigration
On New Year’s Eve, America’s most prominent nativist declared that the nation needs more immigrants. “We need competent people, we ...
House Republicans just exposed the limits of Trump’s power
Support independent journalism that matters — become a Vox Member today.This week’s installment of the long-running saga, “House Republicans cannot ...
Why Elon Musk can never balance the budget, in one chart
That’s how much Elon Musk, co-chair of President-elect Donald Trump’s new “Department of Government Efficiency,” or DOGE, has said he ...
Trump says he wants to influence interest rates. Can he?
President-elect Donald Trump and some of his allies have suggested, to varying degrees, that Trump should be allowed to meddle ...
Trump tapped Musk to co-lead the “Department of Government Efficiency.” What the heck is that?
President-elect Donald Trump introduced on Tuesday that two of his most vocal supporters, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, will lead ...
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