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Letters to the Editor: Anthony Bourdain Is Good for Culture
A retired senior civil servant offers advice for DOGE, and more.
The Free Press
The Elon-Trump Bromance Crashes and Burns
A series of conflicts of interest cut to the core of the delicate tech bro-MAGA alliance.
Batya Ungar-Sargon
Is DOGE Dead?
The world’s richest man is back to ‘spending 24/7’ at his old jobs, but left behind devotees who are accumulating power and influence.
Gabe Kaminsky
Why DOGE Failed
You can’t fix the government unless you know how it really works. Musk never did.
Joe Nocera
How Elon Musk Unleashed Chaos Inside the NIH
A frenzy of changes by DOGE underlings is colliding with resistance from the agency’s scientists and top officials.
Gabe Kaminsky
Musk Pledged to Cut $1 Trillion at DOGE. Republicans Say It Was Always a Pipe Dream.
The target was far-fetched, say Musk defenders, though they vow to keep cutting.
Gabe Kaminsky
Exclusive: Trump Administration Freezes $2.7 Billion in ‘Digital Equity’ Grants
Biden-era funding is under investigation for possible race-based discrimination by the federal government.
Gabe Kaminsky
Exclusive: Democrats Push to Make Elon Musk’s Financial Disclosure Public
The legislation would force greater ethics scrutiny on the world’s richest man.
Gabe Kaminsky
Is It Time to Privatize the USPS?
If there’s any part of the federal apparatus that could use a dose of radical disruption, it’s the postal service.
Charles Lane
Uri Berliner: NPR Should Refuse to Take Federal Funds
The broadcaster needs to stop pretending it’s a network for all of America, and become the progressive institution it truly wants to be.
Uri Berliner
Yuval Levin: You Can’t Run Government Through Retribution
Donald Trump’s key early actions are responses to frustrations from his first term. But did he learn the wrong lesson?
Yuval Levin
Two Cheers for DOGE
It turns out that Washington spends our money on some very, very stupid things.
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