US federal agencies targeted by DOGE

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United States government units targeted by the Department of Government Efficiency

Since 2025[update], the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) took control of the United States federal government information systems in order to downsize federal agencies.[1][2] DOGE embedded units from the executive branch of the government, including cabinet departments and various types of independent agencies. It targeted regulatory agencies and units from the legislative branch. It also targeted quasi-autonomous non-governmental organizations and organizations outside the federal government.

Targeting federal agencies allowed Elon Musk and a network of operatives to facilitate mass layoffs of federal workers. Many public records were modified or removed from federal websites and databases. These actions have fostered reactions by federal workers, civil society, and the public, ranging from protests to lawsuits.

## Overview

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Wall Street Journal found that, in February 2025, the units most affected by DOGE contract terminations were: the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Human and Health Services (HHS), Social Security Administration (SSA), the Department of Education (Ed), and General Services Administration (GSA).[1]

According to an analysis by GovSpend in April using Fedmine, which derives its contract data from the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS), the leading agencies in terms of total dollars de-obligated are the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), followed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and HHS; in terms of the number of actions, GSA leads by far, followed by DHS and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).[3]

On May 8, 2025, Public Citizen searched through Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website and built a list of 32 cabinet and large independent agencies where DOGE was involved; Elon Musk has business interests in shaking off 23 of them.[4]

## Classification

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In 18 U.S.C. section 6, an agency "includes any department, independent establishment, commission, administration, authority, board or bureau of the United States or any corporation in which the United States has a proprietary interest".[5]

The concept of government corporation has no single definition in the U.S. Code.[6] The chapter on government corporations from the US Code stipulates that "government corporation" refers to a corporation wholly owned by the government or with mixed ownership, and provides a list of the current ones.[7] This list excludes the United States Postal Service, which is an independent agency that acts like a corporation.[8]

In the executive order establishing DOGE, an agency is defined by section 551 of title 5 of the United States Code, with the proviso that "such term does not include the Executive Office of the President or any components thereof". Executive orders 14210, 14219, and 14222, also related to DOGE, refer to 44 U.S.C. 3502, with the same proviso.[9]

## Executive Office of the President

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### Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

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The OMB plays critical roles to DOGE mission: it oversees budgetary matters, reviews agency regulations, and grants administration and information technology policy for all parts of the federal government.[10] Russell Vought, DOGE member close to Project 2025, was nominated as the OMB director on February 6, 2025.[11] The New York Times reported that, along with Stephen Miller, Steven Davis, and Elon Musk, Vought was planning the takeover of the federal information systems early in the government transition.[12]

On May 23, NPR revealed that DOGE member Ethan Shaotran used his General Services Administration email address to send a "2025 Survey of Surveys" to federal agencies, seemingly bypassing OMB's authority; the survey contains a warning that agencies that fail to participate face "ADVERSE ACTIONS, INCLUDING TERMINATION OF ASSOCIATED GRANTS, CONTRACTS, OR PROGRAM".[13]

### United States Digital Service (USDS)

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The day of his inauguration, Trump signed executive order 14158, reorganizing the USDS as the U.S. DOGE Service; the new USDS is declared to have "full and prompt access to all unclassified agency records, software systems and IT systems" to the "maximum extent consistent with law".[14][15] The next day, DOGE instructed USDS employees by email to sign up for 15-minute interviews,[16] which were led the next day.[17] Wired reported that Thomas Shedd was leading the interviews, along so-called "DOGE Kids".[18]

USDS had 230 employees in 2024.[19] In February 2025, it had 65, until a third of the remaining ones resigned in protest.[20] DOGE members Steve Davis and Brad Smith met USDS with officials weeks before the inauguration.[16]

## Cabinet departments

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### Agriculture

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On February 14, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins revealed that DOGE has been at the agency for "a few weeks", welcomed their efforts, and expected full compliance from USDA teams, while farmers and policymakers raised concerns about the funding freeze.[21]

DOGE actions at the USDA have impacted the United States national response to the 2020–2025 H5N1 outbreak, after staff working on the crisis were summarily fired.[22]

#### Farm Service Agency (FSA)

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DOGE has been reviewing FSA loans.[23]

#### National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS)

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DOGE fired the 300 scientists who were maintaining the 600,000 genetic lines of some 200 crop species at the National Plant Germplasm System; a temporary retraining order reinstated some of the 300 scientists.[24]

#### United States Forest Service (USFS)

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At the start of April, DOGE cut the planting of thousands of trees in St. Louis, citing anti-DEI push.[25]

### Commerce

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#### Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)

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DOGE member Nate Cavanaugh sent a letter on April 17 to notify the agency's 41 business centers that all their grants were terminated, effective immediately.[26]

#### United States Census Bureau (USCB)

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DOGE has announced in May that it terminated five surveys from the USCB, without specifying which ones.[27]

### Defense

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DOGE met with Department of Defense (DOD) personnel on February 14.[28] As of March 6, 2025, the cuts in staff are expected to impact up to 8% of its civilian workforce, or 61,000 employees.[29]

In his West Point address on May 24, Trump said he wasn't cutting "10 cents" from DOD budget.[30]

In June, 2025, DOD announced it would no longer provide critical satellite weather data to scientists and weather forecasters.[31]

### Education

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The Department of Education (ED) funds public schools and manages college financial aid and federal student loans. ED also enforces civil rights laws in schools and support programs to help students with disabilities.[32]

On January 31, about 100 ED employees who had taken required diversity training during Trump's first term were placed on paid administrative leave.[33][34][35]

By February, DOGE took over the top real estate,[36] and had access to data on federal student aid, including the personal financial information on the more than 42 million people who receive student loans from the government.[34][37]

In early Feb, DOGE staff fed sensitive data from ED into an AI through Microsoft Azure to cut any spending, including contracts, that is "not essential to operations or required by law."[34]

On February 26, ED stopped accepting and processing all income-driven repayment plans and consolidation applications for at least 3 months. Such plans are designed to keep payments affordable for student borrowers, and provide a path to student loan forgiveness.[38][39]

On March 11, it was reported that ED would lay off "about 50%" of its workforce, about 2,200 workers.[40]

ED has claimed that reducing call center funding by 38% could result in a "severe degradation" in services for "students, borrowers, and schools." DOGE members include Adam Ramada, Alexandra Beynon, and Brooks Morgan.[41]

#### Institute of Education Sciences (IES)

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On February 10, DOGE said it terminated contracts funded by IES totalling $900 million, including contracts involving student resources that were in-progress.[42] The IES funds research to examine the effectiveness of current education policies and systems. Many contractors involved in maintaining the research database were also terminated. The institute is "all but shut down."[43][44][45]

### Energy

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United States Department of Energy (DOE) oversees U.S. national energy policy and energy production, research and development of nuclear power, the military's nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy-related research, and energy conservation.

The DOE secretary Chris Wright, against guidance of the DOE's General Counsel and chief information officers, allowed Luke Farritor of DOGE to access DOE computer networks.[46] CNN quoted DOE staff in the general counsel and chief information offices as calling Farritor's access a "bad idea", and that "He's not cleared to be in DOE, on our systems."[46]

Farritor was given access to computer systems of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the department responsible for the security and protection of American nuclear technologies and nuclear weapons, by United States Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright, against guidance of the DOE's general counsel and chief information offices.[46] On February 13, hundreds of NNSA employees were abruptly fired; the agency sought to rehire the workers the next day. An Energy Department spokesperson said fewer than 50 were fired.[47][48]

#### National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

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The National Nuclear Security Administration is responsible for safeguarding national security through the military application of nuclear science.

On February 13, 350 NNSA employees who secure and guard America's nuclear arsenal, including about 100 employees of Pantex, the primary United States nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility,[49][50] were fired due to DOGE.[51] The next day, all but 28 of those firings were rescinded by NNSA acting director Teresa Robbins.[51]

### Health and Human Services

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was created to protect the health of the U.S. people and provide essential human services.

DOGE gained access to financial systems at HHS as well as extremely restricted medical data related to most Americans in heavily access-controlled systems such as the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System (HIGLAS).[52] HIGLAS is described by the Washington Post as "a vast database that touches nearly every corner of American health care", and that restricted staff with access undergo mandatory specialized training for privacy protections under the federal law Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).[52] The Washington Post noted it was unknown if DOGE operatives were HIPAA compliant under federal law.[52]

On March 3, HHS employees were told they could apply for early retirement over the next ten days. They were also instructed to comply with DOGE's emailed request to list their accomplishments from the past week, but to do so without revealing sensitive information.[53]

In April, DOGE froze billions in healthcare grants, to review them under a program it called "Defend the spend".[54] In June, HHS officials were told to resume the previous process for grants.gov, and to not route through DOGE staff.[55]

In May, Wired reported that all contracts for agencies under the HHS umbrella need to go through a new approval process called the Departmental Efficiency Review (DER)[56]

#### Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's main goal is the protection of public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability in the US and worldwide

The Washington Post reported on February 5 that DOGE had sought access to data at the CDC.[52]

#### Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

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DOGE had gained access to key payment and contracting systems at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).[57] CMS officials as of February 6 declined to reveal to what medical and financial records of Americans that Musk had gained access.[58]

#### Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

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The Food and Drug Administration is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, animal foods & feed, veterinary products, and similar products.

DOGE agents fired staff from the FDA involved in ongoing clinical trials of the safety of Elon Musk's Neuralink company, which creates implantable brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) as commercial products.[59]

#### National Institute of Health (NIH)

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On February 24, Wired reported that DOGE members Luke Farritor, Rachel Riley, Jeremy Lewin, and Clark Minor had access to the National Institute of Health's systems that control finance, budget, procurement, property, and grants.[60] In a March 28 interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr said that DOGE created the new organization chart for HHS.[61] In a Fox interview, Brian Smith talked about their work reforming NIH.[62]

#### National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury, illness, disability, and death.

On April 1, over two-thirds of employees at the agency were notified of termination.[63] The notice caused a number of lab animals to be abandoned and later euthanized, disruption to a study on causes of cancer in firefighters, and disruption in health care to emergency personnel of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks.[63]

DOGE fired the Coal Workers Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP) team and most of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) engineers, staff, and other scientists.[64]

### Homeland security

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On February 9, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said that DOGE had access to her agency's data, including that of federal disaster aid recipients' personal information.[65]

#### Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

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A DOGE team accessed to FEMA database (FEMA Go) that contains private and sensitive information of tens of thousands of disaster victims. Edward Coristine was given a FEMA badge on February 5.[66]

On February 10, Musk incited Republican outrage by posting on X about Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding of migrant shelter hotels in New York City. He said DOGE had discovered the funding, and falsely asserted that the funds were intended for disaster relief but had been illegally redirected to house migrants in "luxury hotels". The funds had been appropriated by Congress in 2024 under FEMA's "Shelter and Services Program" created by Congress in 2023, and they are separate from disaster relief funds.[67][68][69] A few hours after Musk's post, Cameron Hamilton, the acting head of FEMA, said FEMA stopped payments under a variety of grant programs, and has given DOGE full access to FEMA's financial management system.[70]

Musk's false allegation led the Department of Homeland Security to fire four FEMA employees that day, including the CFO, alleging they were "deep state activists". The next day, homeland security secretary Kristi Noem said she had "clawed back the full payment that FEMA deep state activists unilaterally gave to NYC migrant hotels". The city comptroller confirmed that $80 million had been withdrawn from the city's bank account.[67][68][69]

#### Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM)

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By May 5, DOGE was at the OBIM.[71]

#### Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

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DOGE initiated changes to the budget that impacted the National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program the same week that Trump celebrated K9 Veterans Day; vet visits and food supplies had been suspended.[72]

### Housing and Urban Development

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On February 10, DOGE member Scott Langmack emailed Housing and Urban Development (HUD) employees and asked them to list every contract at the bureau, to note which were critical, and which contained any DEI components.[73]

On February 26, ProPublica reports that DOGE gained access to a system from Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that contains confidential information about alleged victims of housing discrimination, including victims of domestic violence.[74] Information includes medical records, financial files, documents that may list Social Security numbers and other private information. Records in this database are generally not anonymized.

#### Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

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The Federal Housing Administration within HUD provides insurance for mortgages originated by private lenders for various types of properties, including single-family homes, multifamily rental properties, hospitals, and residential care facilities. FHA mortgage insurance serves to safeguard these private lenders from financial losses.

On February 18, 2025, it was revealed DOGE began to eliminate 50% of the staff of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), beginning with jobs related to FHA insured loans, that overwhelmingly benefit lower-income Americans.[75][76]

#### Office of Field Policy and Management (FPM)

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On May 18, all employees at the General Schedule 13-level and below in the Office of Field Policy and Management, the office which supports HUD goals and operational capacity across its regional field offices, will be terminated.[29]

### Interior

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In March 2025, DOGE sought access to a federal payment system within United States Department of the Interior (DOI), resulting in senior leaders to express concerns to Secretary Doug Burgum and then put on administrative leave.[77]

In April, Burgum gave DOGE representative Tyler Hassen authority over DOI department and bureaus to lead a consolidation effort.[78][79]

#### National Parks Services (NPS)

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DOGE plans to terminate the lease of Utah's National Parks' central hub, which could displace hundreds of employees, NPS vehicles, and archaeological artifacts.[80]

#### United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR)

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In late January 2025, DOGE members flew to California to order the release of water from the Jones Pumping Plant near Sacramento, but they were not successful.[81] This is likely related to the 2025 California wildfires and the 2025 water release from Lake Kaweah and Lake Success publicity stunt.

### Justice

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#### Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)

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In late June 2025, the Washington Post reported that DOGE staff were working alongside ATF general counsel with the intent to revise or eliminate 50 gun regulations by July 4.[82]

### State

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In mid-April 2025, DOGE member Jeremy Lewin became acting administrator of the Department of State (DOS) foreign assistance program, replacing Pete Marocco.[83]

### Treasury

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Treasury Department (USDT) Secretary Scott Bessent granted DOGE access to his systems on January 31.[84][85][86] The New York Times described it as a possible attempt by Trump to "unilaterally restrict disbursement of money approved for specific purposes by Congress" following his earlier funding freeze.[87][88]

The Financial Times reported on February 2 that Musk responded to an X post by former Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn, who posted a spreadsheet image purportedly showing federal grant payments to Global Refuge, a faith-based charity that provides services to legal migrants. Without citing evidence, Flynn asserted there was a money laundering operation involved, and that there were many other organizations "cashing in on our hard-earned money".[89] Musk replied that DOGE "is rapidly shutting down these illegal payments".[90] He later asserted that "career Treasury officials are breaking the law every hour of every day by approving payments that are fraudulent or do not match the funding laws passed by Congress".[91]

On February 4, a Treasury Department official wrote to federal lawmakers that a DOGE agent, Tom Krause (who is also CEO of Citrix Systems) was restricted to "read-only" access to the Treasury payments system, preventing "payments for obligations such as Social Security and Medicare to be delayed or re-routed", though Wired reported that another member of Musk's team, Marko Elez, had acquired unrestricted access to some Treasury systems, and had been making "extensive changes" to the codebase of the payments system, with limited supervision. Democratic senator Ron Wyden, ranking member of the finance committee to whom the letter was sent, said it "reeks of a cover-up".[92][93][94][95] Senior Treasury officials stated in February 11 federal court filings that the department had "mistakenly" and "briefly" granted Elez "read-write" access enabling him to alter the system;[96] the Trump administration said in its court filings that an internal investigation had shown that Elez did not take unauthorized actions despite being able.[97]

Radio France Internationale wrote about DOGE's group entry into the federal government:

> "One of them now has direct access to the US Treasury computer system responsible for virtually all government payments. That is, taxpayers' tax returns, civil servants' salaries. That's billions of dollars that this young engineer can now manage, under the sole supervision of Elon Musk."[98]

On February 5, NBC News reported that attorneys for the Justice Department had agreed to temporarily restrict staffers associated with DOGE from accessing information with the Treasury Department. This change came after a lawsuit was filed by a group of union members and retirees against the Treasury Department.[99] This left Elez and Krause in place, but with a restriction not to disclose information to anyone outside the Treasury. Elez resigned on February 6 after The Wall Street Journal reported on deleted social media posts where he explicitly identified himself as a racist and advocated for eugenics and against inter-ethnic marriage.[100]

A coalition of nineteen states, mostly Democratic-led, filed suit in a Manhattan federal court on February 7 seeking to stop DOGE from accessing the payments system.[101] Hours later, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting DOGE from accessing data on the payment system and ordered any data downloaded by unauthorized people since January 20 to be destroyed. The judge scheduled a hearing for February 14.[102] The judge in that hearing extended the injunction pending a later decision and a final ruling, which might take months.[103]

DOGE said in February that it had discovered a tracking code was often missing in Treasury payments, rendering about $4.7 trillion in payments nearly impossible to trace. That figure would represent nearly 70% of total 2024 federal spending.[104] Musk said he was told that over $100 billion in entitlements payments a year were being made without a Social Security number or a temporary identification number, and he was told that about $50 billion was "unequivocal and obvious fraud."[105]

#### Bullion Depository (Fort Knox)

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See also: Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building § Gold vault

DOGE began efforts to gain physical access to the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox.[106] As of 31 July 2020[update], Fort Knox holds 147.34 million troy ounces (4,583 metric tons) of gold reserves with a market value of US $290.9 billion, representing 56.35% of the gold reserves of the United States.[107][108][needs update] Musk reportedly insisted on a "live video walkthrough" of the secure United States Army facility.[106] Non-authorized personnel have only been given access to the gold depository three times in history, in 1943 for Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1974 for members of Congress, and in 2017 for then-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and another Congressional delegation.[106]

#### Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is responsible for collecting U.S. federal taxes and administering the Internal Revenue Code. Their duties include providing tax assistance to taxpayers; pursuing and resolving instances of erroneous or fraudulent tax filings; and overseeing various benefits programs, including the Affordable Care Act.

On February 13, Sen. Ron Wyden announced that DOGE was at the IRS; an email was sent to the agency beforehand, asking officers to identify all "non-essential" contracts for termination.[109] CNN reports that Gavin Kliger visited the agency and made a series of requests.[110] Sources say that they included enforcement, personnel footprint, and extensive system access.[111] Kliger would be named a senior advisor to the acting IRS commissioner.[112][113][114]

By February 16, DOGE was seeking access to a highly sensitive and tightly controlled IRS system containing taxpayer information. In April, IRS committed to sharing data to support the DHS deportation effort.[115]

6,700 probationary employees have been fired from the IRS, per order by Trump and DOGE.[116] Elon Musk tweeted "deleted" in reference to the group behind the Direct File pilot and in April, it was announced the program will not continue.[117][118]

DOGE members pressured IRS to hand over sensitive taxpayer data access to immigration agencies.[119]

### Transportation

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#### Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

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In the wake of the 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision, United States secretary of transportation Sean Duffy announced on February 5 that DOGE would intervene with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to "upgrade our aviation system".[120] Elon Musk directly expanded on this, claiming support of President Trump to "make rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system".[120] Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton was critical of DOGE's FAA safety involvement, noting that many DOGE staff were not old enough to rent a car in the United States.[120] On February 17, it was confirmed hundreds of FAA safety officials were fired that day by Elon Musk.[121] David Spero, President of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, was critical of the national safety impacts caused by Musk, saying:[121]

> "Staffing decisions should be based on an individual agency's mission-critical needs. To do otherwise is dangerous when it comes to public safety. And it is especially unconscionable in the aftermath of three deadly aircraft accidents in the past month."[121]

Musk's SpaceX staff appeared at the FAA's Air Traffic Control System Command Center on February 17, 2025, and Sean Duffy confirmed that per Donald Trump, Musk's staff would be in control of America's air traffic control systems.[122] The Independent made note of ongoing fines, conflicts and litigation between Musk and the FAA, creating conflicts of interest for Musk.[122]

#### National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

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AP reported on April 12 that DOGE has started terminating workers at the NHTSA through firings, buyouts and layoffs. It noted that the NHTSA was investigating Tesla car crashes.[123]

### Veterans Affairs

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On February 5, it was disclosed that DOGE member Sahil Lavingia accessed computer databases and medical records of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).[124] Internal VA reports that DOGE was "data mining" disability compensation and benefits of United States Armed Forces military veterans.[125]

Documents obtained by ProPublica showed DOGE members detailed to VA in March were planning to close 17 or more hospitals, and introduce artificial intelligence tools to handle benefits claims; officials at various VA centers warned by email that DOGE contract terminations and staff downsizing were putting pressure on services, including to cancer patients.[126] By May 23, VA dismissed 2,500 workers and canceled more than 500 contracts.[127]

## Independent agencies

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### Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)

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DOGE sent an email to onboard ACHP on April 17.[128]

### AmeriCorps

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DOGE has put AmeriCorps leadership[129] and almost all of its staff[130] on leave in mid April.

DOGE's cuts at the Army Corps has led to the closing of more than 425 Pennsylvania campsites.[131]

### Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector.

On November 27, 2024, Musk proposed eliminating the CFPB.[132][133] On February 1, 2025, Trump agents fired CFPB Director Rohit Chopra.[134] Chopra was replaced by Trump insider and Project 2025 advocate Russell Vought, who attempted to shutter and close the CFPB.[134] Musk tweeted "CFPB RIP" on February 7.[134] Concurrently, data and websites related to the CFPB were removed from the internet.[134]

On February 14, 2025, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson commanded Donald Trump, Elon Musk and DOGE stand down on any attempts to reduce staffing, remove funding, delete any data, or otherwise interfere with operations of the CFPB.[134] Berman Jackson's order specified that they "shall not delete, destroy, remove, or impair any data or other CFPB records" and "It is further ordered that Defendants shall not terminate any CFPB employee, except for cause."[134] Multiple unions, groups and individuals filed a variety of lawsuits challenging any attacks on the CFPB, whose existence is governed and established in federal law by the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and can only be removed by changes in federal law.[134]

On February 28, Wired reported that DOGE has put a $1 spending limit on the Smart Pay system at the agency.[135]

On March 28, 2025, the judge issued a temporary injunction that ordered Trump administration to stop dismantling the CFPB and reinstate all terminated employees.[136] Amy Berman Jackson wrote in the order, "There is a substantial risk that the defendants will complete the destruction of the agency completely in violation of law well before the Court can rule on the merits, and it will be impossible to rebuild."[136]

### Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

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On April 4, there were three DOGE members at the independent agency: Tarak Makecha, Jordan Wick, and Jacob Altik.[137]

### Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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On February 12, Grist reported that the Trump administration started to shrink the Environment Protection Agency (EPA);[138] nearly 170 employees at the EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were placed on paid administrative leave.[139]

During a cabinet meeting, President Trump said he expected 65% of the EPA workforce, nearly 11,000 employees, would be let go. Subsequently, EPA and Whitehouse spokespeople declined to reinforce this statement.[29] EPA staff members have been directed to submit to DOGE a one-page justification of any expense over $50,000 between 3 and 6 pm Eastern time, in addition to other paperwork normally used for expenses.[140]

### Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS)

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On March 26, the Guardian reported that DOGE shuttered the FMCS.[141]

### General Services Administration (GSA)

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By January 21, DOGE members were running the GSA.[142] Wired reported "an effort to use IT credentials from the Executive Office of the President to access GSA laptops and internal GSA infrastructure".[143] Workers at GSA's Technology Transformation Services (TTS) were summoned to meetings with young, inexperienced engineers who recently worked at Musk's companies.[144] In the meetings, the TTS employees were required to present and defend code they had written. Some of the interviewers did not have government email addresses and refused to give their names.[145] A Musk employee, Thomas Shedd, was appointed to lead TTS. Shedd told TTS employees to expect a reduction in staff.[146] In mid-February, GSA laid off dozens of TTS employees, including technical staff in the Presidential Innovation Fellows and U.S. Digital Corps programs.[146]

On February 18, ProPublica reported that Stephen Ehikian, the new acting administrator of GSA, has appointed Frank Schuler as senior adviser.[147] While Schuler has been coordinating with DOGE team member Nate Cavanaugh, his employment status remains unknown.[147] Schuler has for years been promoting and profiting from "syndicated conservation easements", a tax-shelter scheme that financial authorities tried for years to shut down.[148] Two weeks after Stephen Ehikian was appointed to head GSA, his brother Brad Ehikian submitted a bid to buy a 17-acre facility in Silicon Valley from GSA at a large discount. The GSA's inspector general is investigating "allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, and misconduct" in the attempted purchase.[149]

Also on February 18, a long-time GSA employee resigned rather than be forced to give Thomas Shedd administrator access to Notify.gov, a government text message service that contains sensitive personal data for members of the public.[150] It could have been a violation of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act to grant Shedd this access without a written justification and an update to the program's security plan; the GSA employee was "instructed to skip that process" by Shedd.[151] On March 1, the entire 18F office was eliminated "under direction from the White House",[152] weeks after Elon Musk claimed the "group was deleted."[153] Musk and DOGE have also focused on the Public Building Service (PBS) as they target offices to RIF. 600 employees were laid off on March 3 and on March 5, in one of PBS regions, RIF notices were sent to 165 out of 178 employees.[29] RIF notices have also been sent to some employees within the Office of Human Resources and the Office of Customer Experience.[29]

On February 28, Wired reported that DOGE has put a $1 spending limit on the Smart Pay system at the agency.[154]

In March, 2025, GSA briefly released a list of over 440 federal properties that could be sold off on the website.[155] GSA has also sent out over 800 lease termination notices, followed by 117 letters rescinding some of them.[155]

On March 20, 205, GSA head Stephen Ehikian stated "there is no DOGE team at GSA" although a DOGE team including Davis has taken up offices at GSA, as required by the executive order establishing DOGE.[156] Politico reported on March 6, 2025, that DOGE workers have set up at least four rooms for sleeping in the GSA building on 18th and F.[157] The New York Times reports a number of DOGE members at GSA.[158]

### Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)

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DOGE staff met with agency leaders on March 20; the next days, organizations funded by the IMLS received notifications that their grants were terminated, effective immediately.[159] Nearly all IMLS employees were put on leave.[160][161]

### Inter-American Foundation (IAF)

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On March 3, DOGE announced on its social that it reduced IAF to one employee.[162]

### National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

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The National Archives and Records Administration is charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It is also tasked with increasing public access to those documents that make up the National Archives.

404 Media reported that, at an all-hands meeting of all NARA employees on February 4, Deputy Director Jay Bosanko stated that the agency had not received "any requests" from DOGE, that DOGE is not currently "looking to gain access" to National Archives systems, and stated there may be "unique opportunities to work with DOGE" to benefit the National Archives in the future.[163]

### National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

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According to National Humanities Alliance, DOGE targeted the NEH on March 31.[164]

### National Science Foundation (NSF)

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Science reported that DOGE entered the NSF on April 14; a few days later, the NSF announced the termination of $1 billion in grants it already awarded.[165] DOGE members Rachel Riley, former McKinsey consultant, Zachary Terrell and Luke Farritor were granted system access by April 22.[166] On May 9, a memo was sent to announce reductions in force, plans to require in-person work, and the elimination of the Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM.[167]

In June, 2025, it was announced that HUD would move into the NSF headquarters in DC with no plan for the existing NSF employees.[168]

### National Transportation Safety Bureau (NTSB)

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On May 21, Reuters reported that DOGE has assigned a team to the NTSB to review its operations.[169]

### Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

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The Office of Personnel Management manages the United States federal civil service, providing federal human resources policy and supports healthcare, life insurance and retirement benefits for federal government employees, retirees, and their dependents.

Musk's team seized control of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on January 20.[170] They moved sofa beds into the fifth-floor director's office of the agency's headquarters. Musk's aides locked OPM workers out of computer systems which contain personally identifying information of millions of federal employees.[170]

After the takeover of OPM, federal employees across the country received emails asking them to turn in colleagues working on diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA) initiatives to OPM via a "DEIAtruth" email address.[171]

On February 4, two anonymous federal employees filed suit in federal court alleging the DOGE team had unlawfully installed a private server on the OPM network, seeking a restraining order to have it removed.[172] On February 22, an email OPM's domain was sent to all federal employees asking what they accomplished in the past week. Several departments have instructed their employees to not respond to the email.[173]

On February 13, all probationary staff at OPM (about 100 people) were "fired on a conference call."[174]

On February 21, OPM laid off nearly the entirety of the Office of Procurement Operations (57 employees). It was claimed that the functions of the office would be transferred to the General Services Administration. The office supported functions across the federal government which included "human resources, training, communications, retirements and separations and health insurance benefits.[175]

On February 28, Wired reported that DOGE has put a $1 spending limit on the Smart Pay system at the agency.[154]

In late February 2025, Employees in OPM's Human Capital Data Management and Modernization office, its privacy, Chief Technology Office and Freedom of Information Act office were also subject to RIFs, although some employees were spared.[29]

On April 18, 2025, an innovation and human-centered design team, the Lab at OPM, working on government efficiency and tackling complex issues was eliminated.[176]

### Peace Corps

[edit]

Chief executive Allison Greene sent a second "fork in the road" buyout offer to its employees on April 28 after having received a DOGE assessment of the agency; DOGE member Bridget Youngs visited the headquarters and requested financial records.[177]

### Small Business Administration (SBA)

[edit]

By mid-March, DOGE has terminated more than 25 contracts, and at least 22 leases at the SBA.[178] It also changed the conditions for loans.[179]

### Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

[edit]

In April 2025, it was reported that a DOGE team led by Eliezer Mishory was seeking information from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.[180] On July 1st, Reuters reported that the SEC DOGE team was seeking to loosen regulations on SPACs and private investment advisers. The White House said that DOGE's actions within the SEC were intended to bring efficiency to the maintenance of fair markets and the protection of "everyday investors". [181]

### Social Security Administration (SSA)

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On the weekend of February 17, acting head of SSA Michelle King resigned after denying DOGE staffers access to private financial records of American citizens and Social Security recipients.[182]

With Trump in the Oval Office days earlier, Musk asserted the SSA database included beneficiaries aged 150 years, later claiming that more than a million were aged 150 to 159, and dead people were collecting payments. Musk said the SSA could be "the biggest fraud in history." DOGE had misunderstood certain aspects of SSA operations, including how birth dates are handled on the antiquated COBOL-based computer system. Former SSA commissioner Martin O'Malley said the Musk allegations were false.[183][184][185]

Nancy Altman, of advocacy group Social Security Works, said of the data access, "If there is an evil intent to punish perceived enemies, someone could erase your earnings record, making it impossible to collect the Social Security and Medicare benefits you have earned."[186]

On February 25, 2025, SSA acting commissioner Leland Dudek announced that the agency was closing its Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity, reassigning its statutory responsibilities to other offices.[187][188] This office was closed by early March.[29]

SSA also closed its Office of Transformation as of early March.[29]

SSA acting Administrator Leland Dudek plans to lay off 7,000 employees in total.[29]

After DOGE installed anti-fraud checks for claims made over phone, the SSA found only two suspicious cases over 110,000, while benefit processing was slowed by 25%.[189] On Fox News, Musk said that 40% of phone claims were fraudulent.[190] The SSA website and customer support channels have been crashing and overwhelmed since the DOGE cuts.[191][192]

### US Access Board

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DOGE met with the United States Access Board by April 25.[193]

### US Africa Development Foundation (USADF)

[edit]

DOGE entered USADF on March 6.[194]

### US Agency for International Development (USAID)

[edit]

See also: USAID § Trump administration's claims of wasteful spending

On February 1, DOGE members gained access to USAID classified information without sufficient security clearances.[195] On February 2, they attempted to improperly access classified information and security systems, but were thwarted by security officials,[144] who were consequently put on leave.[196] The group moved to dismantle USAID by taking the USAID website and X account offline, firing staff, and stopping overseas work.[197] Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared himself acting administrator of the agency, although it has been an independent body for sixty years.[198]

On February 3, Musk said of USAID: "We're shutting it down", with Musk saying Trump "agreed"; an email from special adviser Gavin Kliger to USAID staff instructed staff to keep away from USAID headquarters while hundreds of staff lost access to USAID computer systems.[198][199][200] As an ex-USAID worker describes that "In a matter of hours DOGE shut down our websites, took over email handles, and summarily removed the system access of hundreds of gainfully employed public servants."[201]

On February 5, Musk falsely alleged USAID had given Politico and the Associated Press millions of dollars. The figures given were actually for common subscriptions across the entire government; the actual amount USAID alone had spent on Politico subscriptions was $44K.[202] White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, "The DOGE team is working on canceling those payments now."[203]

On February 14, Judge Amir Ali ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze foreign assistance payments to USAID and State Department grantees.[204] Peter Marocco told a federal judge in a court filing that the agency he leads will not comply with the court's order.[205]

On February 28, Wired reported that DOGE has put a $1 spending limit on the Smart Pay system at the agency.[135]

Musk and DOGE have "sent RIF notices to nearly all of its 2,000 U.S.-based employees."[29]

DOS Secretary Marco Rubio declared himself acting administrator of USAID, following the dismantling of the independent agency.[198]

### US Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH)

[edit]

On April 16, NPR reported that USICH has been effectively shut down;[206] after being named acting administrator, DOGE member Nate Cavanaugh put its staff on administrative leave.[128]

### US Postal Service (USPS)

[edit]

On March 12,[207] Louis DeJoy agreed with DOGE to cut billions of dollars and an additional 10,000 USPS workers from the independent federal agency, that cut following an earlier loss of 30,000 jobs in 2021.[208] That agreement was reached a week after Elon Musk called for the privatization of the Postal Service.[209] Four days later, on March 17, the agency leader reiterated "the status of the Postal Service as an independent establishment of the Executive Branch" in a letter to Congress.[210] On March 24, exactly a week later, the 75th American Postmaster General resigned, making national news in politics.[211][212]

## Government corporations

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### Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)

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The MCC is a bilateral United States foreign aid agency established by the U.S. Congress in 2004. It is an independent agency separate from the State Department and USAID. It provides grants to countries that have been determined to have good economic policies and potential for economic growth.

In April 2025, members of DOGE had a series of meetings with MCC senior leadership.[213] On April 23, 2025, MCC staff were informed that DOGE will shrink the organization and grants across the world within the next several months.[213] According to reporting by the New York Times, it's anticipated that MCC will be reduced to the minimum required by law.[214]

## Quasi-autonomous non-governmental organizations

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Quasi-autonomous non-governmental organizations (quangos) are organizations to which a government has devolved power, but which is still partly controlled and/or financed by government bodies.

### National Endowment for Democracy (NED)

[edit]

On February 12, DOGE cut funding to NED by blocking disbursement from the Department of Treasury, causing significant disruptions to the organization.[215][216][217] The same day, the NED informed the organizations it funds that it would suspend payments immediately. Additionally, organizations supported by NED started laying off staff and cutting expenditures.[215][217] The Free Press believes that dismantling the NED would symbolise a momentous change in US foreign policy, undermining the idea that democratic ideals foster US global strength and influence, and that the Trump administration therefore no longer believes that promoting democracy in the world is in the national interest.[218]

### US Institute of Peace (USIP)

[edit]

On March 2025, DOGE attempted to gain access to USIP headquarters to install a new president. After a day-long standoff, police forces escorted out USIP president George Moose. The Trump administration stated that it had fired a majority of the institute's board members and appointed Kenneth Jackson as president.[219] On March 18, the USIP filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, stating that the administration did not legally control the Institute.[220]

On May 30, TechCrunch reported that DOGE has left the USIP office with water damage, rats, and cockroaches.[221]

### Wilson Center

[edit]

On March 31, DOGE entered the Wilson Center.[222] DOGE member Justin Fox has been involved in meetings there.[128]

## Regulatory independent agencies

[edit]

### Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

[edit]

Chairman Paul Atkins confirmed that DOGE was at the FTC since May 20.[223]

### National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

[edit]

See also: NOAA under the second presidency of Donald Trump

ABC News reported on February 6 that DOGE operatives had gained access to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) computer systems. Staff from the NOAA Information Technology group and the Department of Commerce attempted to keep the operatives from the systems according to security protocols, but the operatives defied authorized security staff and forcefully entered the facilities.[224] Two Democratic Congress members characterized DOGE's presence in NOAA systems as "hackers". NOAA staff noted that the actions of the operatives could directly cause risk to human life by hindering NOAA and National Weather Service operations.[225][224] ABC also reported that operatives were also looking for anything connected to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) on bulletin boards and were inspecting bathroom signs to ensure compliance with Trump's executive orders.[225]

On February 17, DOGE released 1,127 federal contracts spanning 39 federal departments and agencies, which included several NOAA contracts.[226] DOGE announced the "deobligation" of $1,073,496 from the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research's (OAR) Uncrewed Systems Research Transition Office (UxSRTO) that was for "scientific, engineering, and technical support".[227]

On February 27, The Hill reported that the firing of probationary employees has begun.[228]

As of February 28, the landing page of the NOAA External Affairs website reads: "Due to the recent layoffs at NOAA, all members of the External Affairs team were relieved of their duties."[229]

## Legislative agencies

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### Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

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On May 7, the Acting Chair of the CPSC, Peter Feldman sought approval by email to bring in DOGE affiliates Justin Fox and Nate Cavanaugh. He set a two-hour deadline. After this demand was refused, the Trump administration fired the three Democratic board members.[230]

### Government Accountability Office (GAO)

[edit]

On May 16, DOGE sought to assign a team to the Government Accountability Office, from the legislative branch, which GAO officials refused.[231]

### Government Publishing Office (GPO)

[edit]

On May 20, Politico reported that DOGE sought access to the GPO.[232]

### Library of Congress (LOC)

[edit]

On May 12, Rep-D Joe Morelle accused DOGE members of requesting "unauthorized transfer of data" from LOC employees.[233]

### Office of Congressional Workplace Rights (OCWR)

[edit]

On May 16, Politico reported that DOGE tried to access OCWR.[234]

## See also

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* Science policy of the second Donald Trump administration

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* targets
* USAID
* "Designating English as the Official Language of the United States"
* Dismissals of inspectors general
* Education
* Federal funding freeze
* Federal hiring freeze
* Golden Dome
* NOAA
* Office of Shipbuilding
* Online resource removals
* "Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness"
* Gulf of America
* Mount McKinley
* Science
* TAKE IT DOWN Act
* Targeting political opponents and civil society
* Law firms
* Transgender people
* US Army 250th Anniversary Parade
* White House Faith Office

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Economic|

* Cryptocurrency
* $Trump
* memecoin dinner
* Strategic bitcoin reserve
* "No tax on tips"
* Stargate Project
* Tariffs
* China trade war
* Canada and Mexico trade war
* "Liberation Day" tariffs
* TACO
* AI policy

Environment|

* Paris Agreement withdrawal

Fiscal|

* One Big Beautiful Bill Act
* Rescissions Act of 2025

Foreign|

* Expansionism
* Canada
* Gaza Strip
* Greenland
* Munich Security Conference
* Russia–Ukraine War
* Putin call
* Saudi Arabia summit
* Zelenskyy Oval Office meeting
* minerals agreement
* peace talks
* Putin summit in Alaska
* Withdrawal from WHO
* Gaza war
* Yemen attacks
* Signal group chat leaks
* Ras Isa oil terminal airstrikes
* US–Houthi ceasefire
* Relations with Iran
* Iran negotiations
* Iran–Israel war
* June 2025 Iran strikes
* Iran–Israel war ceasefire
* Middle East visit
* Ramaphosa Oval Office meeting
* Armenia–Azerbaijan agreement

Immigration|

* Deportation and detention of U.S. citizens
* Alligator Alcatraz
* Deportation of immigrants
* Indians
* Venezuelans
* J.G.G. v. Trump
* Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
* W.M.M. v. Trump
* Activist deportations
* Mahmoud Khalil
* Rasha Alawieh
* Rümeysa Öztürk
* Mohsen Mahdawi
* Arrest of Hannah Dugan
* Laken Riley Act
* Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge
* Guantanamo Migrant Operations Center
* White South African refugee program
* Trump Gold Card
* "Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship"
* State of Washington v. Trump
* Trump v. CASA
* Barbara v. Trump
* Travel ban
* Proclamation 10949

Healthcare|

* Make America Healthy Again
* MAHA Commission
* MAHA report
* HHS gender dysphoria report

Protests|

* Efforts to impeach
* resolutions
* 50501 movement
* protests
* Day of Action
* Anti-deportation protests
* Los Angeles
* Newsom v. Trump
* Canadian boycott
* Day Without Immigrants
* Department of Justice resignations
* Economic Blackout
* Response to DOGE
* DOGE lawsuits
* People's March
* Stand Up for Science 2025
* Hands Off protests
* No Kings protests
* Good Trouble Lives On protest
* Rage Against the Regime

Related|

* 2024 election
* Trump campaign
* Presidential library
* Agenda 47
* Anti-LGBTQ movement
* Border crisis
* Donald Trump and fascism
* Elon Musk feud
* Kennedy Center
* Penny debate in the United States
* Project 2025
* Project Esther
* Trumpism
* Mar-a-Lago face

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