Trump repeatedly talked about his desire to close the Education Department, which he alleged “indoctrinate(s) America’s youth with all sorts of things," on the campaign trail.

Alarms are sounding in agencies across the government as Elon Musk and his DOGE aides look to shrink the size of the federal workforce. Groundwork Collaborative Executive Director Lindsay Owens discusses President Trump’s desire to cut down USAID dramatically and explains what Musk’s motivations for accessing the Treasury Department’s payment system might be,

One of Elon Musk’s 25-year-old DOGE staffers resigned after his racist posts came to light. But Trump, JD Vance, and Musk all agreed he should be rehired.

The decision came after Vice President JD Vance and then President Donald Trump backed the reinstatement of the staffer, Marko Elez.