Trump’s fixation on White House ballroom is increasing, Post analysis finds The president has publicly highlighted his ballroom project on roughly a third of the days this year.

President Trump cares more about his $400 million golden ballroom than he does about getting much-needed relief to working families.
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As it turns out, raising prices on health care, ripping away food assistance and doing nothing to lower the cost-of-living for working families is unpopular.

'We are missing data': NWS weather balloon changes scrutinized as tornados hit Midwest For much of Monday, the agency didn't anticipate a tornado threat for Kansas City — then five hit that evening. Did a change in weather balloon launches leave forecasters in the dark?

This is how DOGE cuts put people directly in harm’s way.

This admin’s cuts are creating chaos.
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Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now WIRED tracked down some of the most prominent figures of last year's DOGE invasion. Here's where they are now--in government and beyond.

After spending 2025 terrorizing federal workers and turning their lives upside-down, many DOGE bros have left the so-called agency.

Here’s what they’re up to now (hint: still not helping working people!):
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Executive Paywatch - 2025 | AFL-CIO Paywatch Highest-Paid CEOs Company Pay Ratios executive paywatch   President Trump just gutted the government services your family relies on to give CEOs another $489,000 each.The average CEO took home a $1.24 million raise last year while working famil...

Your #TaxDay reminder that working people create the wealth in this country — not the rich and powerful. But now, top CEOs make 285x what the average worker does.

How do we start to take back our power and get our fair share? A union contract.
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If we’re even lucky enough to get the $346 extra in our tax return this year, 209 corporations avoided paying their fair share of taxes on over $1 TRILLION in profits.

Corporate greed is out of control
https://itep.org/corporate-tax-avoidance/

The average tax return increase for 2025 is $346.

Meanwhile, this year, we’re paying…
$857 more for gas
$123 more for electricity
$310 more for groceries
$485 more for health care

While we pay more, billionaires and corporations get more tax breaks.

Trump promised tax refunds would jump ‘$1,000’. The wealthy will benefit, experts say Less than half of Americans making under $100,000 will get an increased refund, nonpartisan policy group finds

The Trump admin promised everyone’s tax refunds would go up by $1,000 this year.

Surprise surprise, it’s not even close to that. And what we do get back doesn’t even cover how much more gas, food and everything costs.
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New disclosures reveal how DOGE actually worked Depositions offer insight into what Elon Musk’s group was up to. Members describe a club-like atmosphere in which they pushed for grant and contract cancellations with little oversight.

The way DOGE has operated continues to hurt working Americans. Unstructured chaos and no real oversight has upended careers and disrupted lives. This administration should be ashamed of itself.
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Appeals court clears the way for DOGE to access Social Security data despite new red flags The Friday decision follows a January court filing in which the government conceded that DOGE associates may have improperly accessed sensitive data at the agency.

Your Social Security number shouldn’t be part of an experiment in government overreach.

Opinion | NASA Flew by the Moon, but Behind the Scenes, Its Science Is a Chaotic Mess Without science, the stunning images of Earth from space are only pretty pictures.

Did you enjoy watching the Artemis II astronauts make it home this weekend?

The Trump admin is continuing to make that a lot harder to accomplish with more cuts to NASA and research – and ripping up NASA workers’ union contracts.

Elon Musk’s DOGE stole your Social Security data The Trump administration is accused of stealing the Social Security data of 500 million Americans, living and dead, and sharing it with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) …

The Trump admin is putting our Social Security data at risk.

They uploaded Social Security databases to an unsecure server, a DOGE employee shared data with a contractor and a political group to try and overturn election results.

DOGE must go.

Elon Musk is, yet again, putting his corporate profits over protecting working people.

We need AI guardrails like those in Colorado to protect our rights and freedoms from Big Tech billionaires, who have proven they will prioritize AI over our jobs.
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A $400 million ballroom was just the beginning. Now, Trump plans to spend $174 million more on renovations | Fortune Nearly all of the funding comes from donors, the White House said.

Spending $500+ million on a new gold ballroom and residence upgrades to the White House while people across the country struggle to pay their bills because of him is… a choice.

His priority is not helping working people—it’s himself.

Trump administration personnel agency is asking for federal workers' medical records The Office of Personnel Management is asking insurers that cover federal employees and retirees to hand over details about their medical visits, their pharmacy claims, and more.

The Trump admin has NO business snooping on the sensitive medical records of federal workers, retirees and their families.

U.S. marshals waived training rules for Musk's armed DOGE security, emails show The U.S. Marshals Service allowed some members of Musk's security team to sidestep experience and training requirements, according to emails.

Elon Musk’s private security team was deputized as federal agents without meeting basic training standards. When rules bend for the powerful, accountability disappears and working people pay the price.
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Trump plans spending $377M on executive residence renovations – plus $174M more The fiscal 2027 budget shows a jump — from $39 million to $377 million — for renovations to the White House living space and possibly other areas.

Luxury upgrades for the White House. Cuts for everyone else.

The ghost of DOGE is still haunting Social Security DOGE cuts worsened existing staff shortages at Social Security. Here's what beneficiaries should know about customer service and future payments.

DOGE jeopardized the sensitive Social Security data of 300+ million people in this country. They made cuts to the agency and fired the federal workers who make the agency run—and now we’re all worse off because of it.

Trump's VA killed a home loan program. Vets are now losing their homes because of it Foreclosures on VA loans are at their highest level in a decade. VA has a fix but it is months away and could still leave vets worse off than most other homeowners.

The Trump admin was warned that cutting a VA home loan program would cause veterans to lose their homes.

They did it anyway, and now 90,000 veterans are facing foreclosure. If this admin will throw veterans out of their homes, then none of us are safe.

Trump’s approval ratings are tanking. He only ripped health care from millions of people, made health care more expensive for everyone else and has overseen rent, grocery and gas expenses skyrocket.

Yeah…. Real shocker that people are upset.

C.D.C. Pauses Testing for Rabies and Pox Viruses

After cuts, layoffs and hiring freezes to the CDC by RFK Jr., there’s not enough qualified scientists who can help assist labs with rabies, MPox and other diseases.

They’re putting everyone’s health at risk. A major disease outbreak is not efficient.

A year after Trump's DOGE cuts, workers whose lives were upended ask what was saved A year after federal employees were hit by the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts through the Department of Government Efficiency, it remains unclear what the agency saved.

DOGE didn’t save money. It gutted jobs, disrupted services and ruined lives.

Gas prices eclipse $4 a gallon in the US, the highest since 2022 U.S. gas prices have jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 as fuel prices continue to soar worldwide amid the Iran war.

When gas prices skyrocket, who pays?

Working people. Every time.

DOGE canceled a grant to NC Central. It used ChatGPT to make the decision The list of grant descriptions submitted to ChatGPT for review had other North Carolina connections as well.

DOGE used ChatGPT to cancel grants going to NC Central, an HBCU in North Carolina.

They’re using unproven, unreliable AI to make decisions that will impact working people and their ability to get a college degree. It’s reckless and wasteful.

A year after Trump's DOGE cuts, workers whose lives were upended question what was saved A year after federal employees were hit by the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts through the Department of Government Efficiency, it remains unclear what the agency saved.

DOGE has done nothing to save America money or make the government more “efficient.” They’ve just wrecked our essential services, upended federal workers’ lives and made government work better for the rich and powerful, not working people.

Huh? The Trump administration has lost 100,000 manufacturing jobs…

One year ago, Trump ripped up the union contracts of 1 million federal workers. Since then, we’ve been in the courts, the streets and the halls of power fighting back.

We won’t stop until this union-busting order is gone for good.

President Trump appointed 13 people to the Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

12 of them are tech billionaires.

We need AI guardrails to protect working people’s jobs and freedoms—the Trump admin needs to hear their voices, not only Big Tech.

VA flouting court ruling that restored bargaining agreement, union claims The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has been accused by a union of violating a judge's ruling reviving a collective bargaining agreement, which covers 320,000 employees of the agency that had been...

VA workers’ union contracts give them a stronger voice on the job and help them better serve America’s veterans.

The VA and Secretary Collins must quit delaying and reinstate workers’ benefits NOW!

Judge allows release of deposition videos of 2 former DOGE staffers A judge is allowing the release of deposition videos of two former DOGE staffers, ruling that the risk of "reputational harm" does not overcome the public's interest.

When a DOGE staffer was asked whether he regretted firing workers, he said:

“I think it was more important to reduce the federal deficit from $2 trillion to close to zero.”

They didn’t reduce the deficit – they just hurt workers & services.