DOGE
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Judge Calls DOGE's NEH Grant Cuts 'Blatant.' Trump Will Ignore Her.
A federal judge ruled 1,400 humanities grants were canceled unconstitutionally by DOGE staffers who used ChatGPT and DEI keywords to slash $100 million in congressionally appropriated funds. The ruling will almost certainly not stick.
Social Security Is Closing Its Doors
DOGE cut 7,500 SSA employees. Offices in 12 states are now turning away walk-ins. The agency just ended phone applications too. There is nowhere left to go.
Trump's EPA Cuts Are Making the Air Dirtier. The People Breathing It Cannot Afford to Move.
DOGE-driven EPA staff cuts have gutted enforcement capacity in the same states where air quality was already failing federal standards. The regulatory apparatus still exists on paper. It has stopped functioning.
The Shadow Docket Catches Up
A divided appeals court sent the DOGE-Social Security data case back to district court. In the 89 pages of competing opinions, a Supreme Court justice's original warning about unfettered data access looks more prescient than when she wrote it.