Holly Honderich

Washington, D.C., United States

Writer and Associate Producer at BBC World

Senior Reporter at BBC

Senior reporter @bbcworld • Formerly @TorontoStar, @MedillSchool, @SFChronicle [email protected] • she/her

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What is Doge and why is Musk cutting so many jobs?

2 months ago | bbc.com | James FitzGerald |Holly Honderich

US President Donald Trump’s new agency is tasked with slashing costs - but faces opposition.
What is Doge and why is Musk cutting so many jobs?

2 months ago | aol.com | James FitzGerald |James Fitzgerald |Holly Honderich

A new advisory body created by US President Donald Trump and led by the world's richest man has been tasked with cutting US government jobs and other spending. Elon Musk is leading this effort to drastically reduce the federal workforce and weed out what he sees as taxpayers' money being wasted. But his Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) has encountered legal obstacles, allegations of conflicts of interest, and fears that it will wreak serious damage.
Musk to rehire Doge aide who resigned over racist posts

2 months ago | autos.yahoo.com | Holly Honderich

Holly Honderich - BBC News, WashingtonFebruary 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM·1 min read[Getty Images]Elon Musk has said he will rehire an employee of his newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) who resigned after being linked to a racist social media account. "He will be brought back," Musk posted on X, the social media platform he owns.
Member of Musk's Doge resigns after reports of racist posts

2 months ago | bbc.com | Holly Honderich

Member of Musk's Doge resigns after reports of racist postsHolly HonderichGetty ImagesA young member of Elon Musk's newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) unit has resigned after being linked to a racist social media account. Media reports tied Marko Elez, 25, who had previously worked for Musk's SpaceX company, to a now-deleted social media account that promoted racism and eugenics. The White House confirmed on Friday that Elez resigned, though it did not specify why.
What we know about Musk's cost-cutting mission

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Holly Honderich

A newly-created advisory group being headed by the world's richest man has been behind many of the most radical efforts to remake the US government in the weeks since Donald Trump returned to the White House. Elon Musk, who Trump has tapped to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, is leading the effort to seize access to the federal payment system, dismantle an aid agency and offer millions of federal workers an ultimatum - quit or face being fired.
What we know about Musk's cost-cutting mission

2 months ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Holly Honderich

What we know about Musk's cost-cutting missionElon Musk, who visited the Capitol with his son in December, says he can cut roughly one-third of federal government spending [Getty Images]A newly-created advisory group being headed by the world's richest man has been behind many of the most radical efforts to remake the US government in the weeks since Donald Trump returned to the White House.
Trump ally Musk is remaking government - but will they clash?

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Holly Honderich |Kayla Epstein |Lily Jamali

After days of speculation over the precise role the world's richest man would play in Donald Trump's White House - how much power he would hold, whether he is a government employee at all - he took to the social media platform he owns to clarify. "My preferred title is just 'Tech Support,'" Elon Musk wrote on X on Tuesday. It was a knowing understatement.
Twenty thousand federal workers sign up for resignation scheme - US media

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Holly Honderich

At least 20,000 US government workers have reportedly accepted an offer from the Trump administration to resign in exchange for continued pay through until 30 September. Some two million federal employees were advised they could opt-in to the deferred resignation programme - an offer akin to a gradual buy-out - last week. So far, about 1% of that workforce has chosen to take part ahead of the Thursday deadline, according to reports from news outlets including Axios.
Federal workers react to buy-out offer

2 months ago | msn.com | Holly Honderich

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'We were blindsided': Federal workers react to buy-out offer

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Holly Honderich

The late-night announcement was an email, sent to some two million federal workers. Subject line: Fork in the Road. In it, federal employees were advised they could take part in a "deferred resignation program", an offer akin to gradual buy-out. Anyone who opted in could stop work immediately but be paid as normal for eight months, before formally leaving their role in government at the end of September.