DOGE, GOP and government funding talks

DOGE cuts eyed for GOP spending bill, raising shutdown fears
The strategy could help satisfy hard-liners but alienate Democrats whose votes will be needed to fund the government.
GOP push for DOGE cuts inflames talks to prevent shutdown
Growing calls among hard-line House conservatives to incorporate cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) into a developing government funding bill are complicating efforts to
DOGE cuts complicate government funding talks and raise shutdown fears
Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are struggling with a key question as they stare down a fast-approaching deadline to fund the government: How do they fund federal agencies that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to dismantle?
Government shutdown could hinge on DOGE cuts
Congressional negotiators are racing to reach a government funding agreement by a March 14 deadline to avert a shutdown, as several key factors strain bipartisan talks. The government has been operating on stopgap funding measures and fiscal 2024 spending levels since last September.
Potential government shutdown looms as Congress debates legality of DOGE cuts
We are just weeks from a possible government shutdown, and with the clock winding down, Democrats and Republicans have not reached an agreement for funding. (Scripps News)
Johnson says deal to avert shutdown will probably be ‘clean,’ without DOGE cuts
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Wednesday that a stopgap to avert a government shutdown next month is “becoming inevitable” and that it will probably be as “clean” as possible, as both sides have struggled for weeks to strike a full-year funding deal.

Social Security, DOGE

DOGE-led cuts at NOAA include layoffs of Miami-based hurricane and climate researchers
Mark Eakin, a recently retired NOAA veteran who ran its Coral Reef Watch program for many years, told the Miami Herald he was ...
DOGE Removes Biggest Spending Cuts From Wall Of Receipts; Here’s What It Could Mean For DOGE Dividend Checks
Elon Musk's DOGE removed the five biggest spending cuts from its "wall of receipts." Here's what it means for potential DOGE ...
Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts
Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in ...
DOGE cuts could mean a reduced US footprint in Antarctica
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is taking aim at wide swaths of the federal government, which could mean cuts ...
Roy Wood Jr. on DOGE cuts: Like watching people ‘put together Legos without instructions’
Comedian Roy Wood Jr. likened the Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to cut federal spending to someone building ...
Government efficiency is 'the heart of the matter': House DOGE Caucus co-chair
Texas, discusses new GOP legislation targeting government spending and DOGE's efforts to push for cuts across federal agencies.
‘Paying no attention to consequences’: Agencies scramble to rehire experts fired by DOGE
Elon Musk compared DOGE’s purges of government agencies to the Clinton Administration’s “Reinventing Government” initiative, ...
Sorensen to bring Illinois veteran who lost job in DOGE cuts to State of the Union
An Illinois veteran who was working for the Internal Revenue Service in Galesburg until the DOGE job cuts is heading to the ...