Economic Policy - The Washington Post (original) (raw)
Faiz Siddiqui
Musk’s DOGE launches a website tracking size of federal workforce
DOGE acknowledged that the work was incomplete but said it was part of an “enormous manual effort consolidating 16,000+ offices.”
February 13, 2025
Emily Davies
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Jeff Stein
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Hannah Natanson
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Lisa Rein
and
Tony Romm
Musk team kicks off federal layoffs as White House eyes big cuts
The Trump administration’s plan for shrinking the civilian workforce is coming into increasingly clear view.
February 12, 2025
Tony Romm
The CFPB took aim at Big Tech. Then Elon Musk moved to dismantle it.
In the days before Musk’s DOGE set its sights on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, X revealed plans for a payments system the agency might have overseen.
February 11, 2025
Jeff Stein
Treasury revoked editing access ‘mistakenly’ given to DOGE staffer
A 25-year-old DOGE staffer was accidentally given permissions to edit the Treasury Department's payments system, according to court records.
February 11, 2025
Tony Romm
White House targets CFPB as union sues over work stoppage
The financial watchdog agency was formed after the 2008 crisis. The Trump administration has told staffers not to take any actions — or even come into the office.
February 10, 2025
Aaron Gregg
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Shannon Najmabadi
and
Jaclyn Peiser
The winners and losers of Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs
The president’s plan to impose 25 percent tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum could protect U.S. suppliers, while increasing costs for others.
February 10, 2025
Lauren Kaori Gurley
and
Ian Duncan
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to shutter for a week
The closure of the CFPB, established after the 2008 financial crisis, follows a visit Friday by members of Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service team.
February 9, 2025
Jeff Stein
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Elizabeth Dwoskin
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Hannah Natanson
and
Jonathan O'Connell
In chaotic Washington blitz, Elon Musk’s ultimate goal becomes clear
Shrink government, control data and — according to one official closely watching the billionaire’s DOGE — replace “the human workforce with machines.”
February 8, 2025
Tony Romm
DOGE targets Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as Musk tweets ‘RIP’
Officials from the U.S. DOGE Service worked on site at the CFPB on Friday, raising concerns about the future of the watchdog agency.
February 7, 2025
Shannon Najmabadi
and
Shira Ovide
Trump delays removal of tariff exemption for cheaper imports
Days after signing an order to revoke the de minimis exemption, the president opted to let it continue until the U.S. government has a system for collecting tariffs on Chinese goods.
February 7, 2025
Jacqueline Alemany
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Jeff Stein
and
Yeganeh Torbati
DOGE deputy to oversee powerful Treasury system as Musk demands cuts
Tom Krause, an ally of Elon Musk’s, is expected to take over the key position.
February 7, 2025
Tony Romm
Senate confirms Russell Vought to lead White House budget office
The fiscal conservative returns to the post he held in President Donald Trump’s first administration.
February 6, 2025
Dan Diamond
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Lauren Kaori Gurley
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Lena H. Sun
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Hannah Knowles
and
Emily Davies
DOGE broadens sweep of federal agencies, gains access to health payment systems
Associates of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have fanned out across the federal government in recent days, alarming some career employees.
February 5, 2025
Cat Zakrzewski
and
Faiz Siddiqui
How Elon Musk’s deputies took over the government’s most basic functions
Elon Musk and his allies are harnessing tech units and other agencies that handle daily federal operations to amass sweeping control of the executive branch.
February 5, 2025
Jacob Bogage
and
Jaclyn Peiser
USPS, in reversal, resumes accepting packages from China and Hong Kong
The U.S. Postal Service reversed a Tuesday decision that could have blocked or delayed parcels from Shein, Temu and other companies from entering the United States.
February 5, 2025
Jeff Stein
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Dan Diamond
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Faiz Siddiqui
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Cat Zakrzewski
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Hannah Natanson
and
Jacqueline Alemany
U.S. government officials privately warn Musk’s blitz appears illegal
The billionaire’s DOGE team has launched an all-out assault on federal agencies, triggering numerous legal objections.
February 4, 2025
Shannon Najmabadi
What are the tariffs at the center of Trump’s foreign policy?
The levies have prompted concerns of higher prices for consumers purchasing cars, refrigerators, produce and other items that the U.S. typically sources from abroad.
February 3, 2025
Tony Romm
CFPB halts work after Trump appoints Bessent as acting head
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a consumer watchdog agency formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Elon Musk wants to “delete” it.
February 3, 2025
Amanda Coletta
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Mary Beth Sheridan
and
Daniel Gilbert
Trump says tariffs on allies Canada, Mexico will be ‘worth the price’
Trump’s move to impose new tariffs has bewildered the United States’ closest allies and trading partners, who have vowed to respond with levies of their own.
February 2, 2025
Jeff Stein
Musk aides gain access to sensitive Treasury Department payment system
The access, granted by Scott Bessent, Trump’s newly confirmed treasury secretary, comes after the ousting of the agency’s top career official.
February 1, 2025
