Bess Levin

1 week ago | vanityfair.fr | Bess Levin

Au cours de la période de plusieurs mois qu’Elon Musk a passé à la tête du DOGE, semant la dévastation dans la fonction publique américaine, une agence a particulièrement fait les frais de son acharnement et de sa mauvaise foi : la Social Security Administration (SSA).

1 week ago | vanityfair.com | Bess Levin

Marjorie Taylor Greene took a moment on Monday night to defend Tucker Carlson after Donald Trump called the former Fox News host “kooky” for criticizing the president’s support of Israel’s attacks on Iran. Yes, it’s a real Mad Libs From Hell moment. Following a Truth Social post in which Trump wrote, “Somebody please explain to kooky Tucker Carlson that, ‘IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!’” Greene took to X to tell her followers: “Tucker Carlson is one of my favorite people.

1 week ago | vanityfair.com | Bess Levin

After The New York Times reported that Elon Musk was using a cornucopia of drugs while he worked to get Donald Trump elected—including ketamine, ecstasy, shrooms, and seemingly Adderall—the richest man in the world accused the paper of “lying” its “ass off” and angrily insisted, “I am NOT taking drugs!” Unfortunately, that denial apparently did not convince the president, who reportedly described Musk as a “big-time drug addict” in the days following their online feud.

1 week ago | vanityfair.com | Bess Levin

While Elon Musk spent several months this year wreaking incalculable havoc across the federal government, he took a special interest in the Social Security Administration, where, thanks to DOGE’s handiwork, nearly half of the agency’s senior executives, as well as thousands of rank-and-file employees, have left their jobs.

1 week ago | vanityfair.com | Bess Levin

Even if you haven’t read the entire text of the GOP spending bill—and don’t worry, a number of Republicans didn’t either—you probably won’t have a hard time guessing whom it benefits, given Donald Trump’s enthusiasm for the thing: billionaires, of course, who are the president’s favorite constituency.