Month: February 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Tuesday it would decide which media organizations participate in the press pool that covers the president, wresting control away from the group of journalists that has done so for decades. Karoline Leavitt, President Donald Trump’s spokeswoman, said …

Some 21 employees from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have said they won’t use their skills to “dismantle critical public services.” Undeterred, Elon Musk repeated threats to fire federal workers.

The White House on Tuesday revealed Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

Also, Republicans eyed Medicaid cuts. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

House Republican leaders were expected to hold a vote on a sweeping budget resolution that faces headwinds partly because vulnerable California Republicans might oppose controversial cuts to Medicaid.

The acting administrator of the organization that is pushing for sweeping budget cuts across federal agencies is a low-profile executive who has expertise in health care technology and worked in the first Trump administration.

The acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency is a low-profile executive who has expertise in health care technology and worked in the first Trump administration. The White House on Tuesday afternoon identified Amy Gleason as the acting leader of DOGE, which has been pushing agencies to fire employees, cancel contracts and make other budget cuts. Although DOGE’s cuts have been championed by billionaire Elon Musk and his associates, the White House has insisted that Musk is overseeing the effort as a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, not a DOGE employee.

A group of staffers from the U.S. Digital Service, a White House office that was refashioned into Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, resigned on…