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flipboard.com | David Fahrenthold |Jeremy Singer-Vine
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1 week ago | 
bostonglobe.com | David Fahrenthold |Jeremy Singer-Vine
Last week, Elon Musk indicated for the first time that his Department of Government Efficiency was falling short of its goal. He previously said his powerful budget-cutting team could reduce the next fiscal year’s federal budget by $1 trillion, and do it by Sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year. Instead, in a Cabinet meeting Thursday, Musk said that he anticipated the group would save about $150 billion, 85% less than its objective.
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myheraldreview.com | David Fahrenthold |Jeremy Singer-Vine
Last week, Elon Musk indicated for the first time that his Department of Government Efficiency was falling short of its goal. He previously said his powerful budget-cutting team could reduce the next fiscal year’s federal budget by $1 trillion, and do it by Sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year. Instead, in a Cabinet meeting Thursday, Musk said that he anticipated the group would save about $150 billion, 85% less than its objective. kAmtG6?
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miamiherald.com | David Fahrenthold |Jeremy Singer-Vine |NYT Washington
Last week, Elon Musk indicated for the first time that his Department of Government Efficiency was falling short of its goal. He previously said his powerful budget-cutting team could reduce the next fiscal year’s federal budget by $1 trillion, and do it by Sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year. Instead, in a Cabinet meeting Thursday, Musk said that he anticipated the group would save about $150 billion, 85% less than its objective.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | David Fahrenthold |Jeremy Singer-Vine
2 hours ago‘I Think He Means It’: Scott Bessent’s EndgameThe Treasury secretary is seen as a moderating influence on President Trump. But he’s on a mission to disrupt government as we know it. In recent weeks, as President Donald Trump’s trade war has battered both stocks and business confidence, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has declared multiple …1 hour agoHuge furniture company closing forever, laying off staffThe brand sells its products to store giants like Walmart and Home Depot.
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nytimes.com | David Fahrenthold |Jeremy Singer-Vine
Elon Musk now says his group will produce only 15 percent of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork. Last week, Elon Musk indicated for the first time that his Department of Government Efficiency was falling short of its goal. He previously said his powerful budget-cutting team could reduce the next fiscal year's federal budget by $1 trillion, and do it by Sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | David Fahrenthold |Jeremy Singer-Vine
Elon Musk’s group obscured the details of some new claims on its website, despite promises of transparency. But The Times was still able to detect another batch of mistakes.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Jeremy Singer-Vine
NowTesla has recalled more than 40,000 Cybertrucks over an exterior panel that may detach while driving, increasing the risk of a crash, according to a regulatory filing Thursday, the eighth notice issued for Tesla’s pickup truck while the company and CEO Elon Musk face growing protests and stock woes. …
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | David Fahrenthold |Madeleine Ngo |Jeremy Singer-Vine
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency on Wednesday sharply cut back the number of federal real estate leases it claimed to have terminated, signaling that the group is losing at least some internal battles to get rid of government office space. For weeks, Mr. Musk's group said on its website that it had terminated more than 700 leases, and saved more than $460 million in the process. But around 1 a.m. Wednesday, the group eliminated references to 136 of those cancellations.
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1 month ago | 
kentucky.com | David Fahrenthold |Jeremy Singer-Vine
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency on Tuesday reversed a change that had made some of its claims far more difficult to fact-check. In early March, the group -- which had been caught in a series of high-profile errors -- began posting itemized claims about the savings it had achieved from canceling federal grants.
