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The official seal of the US National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities is seen on an office building in Washington, February 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
May 9, 2026, 6:48 am
US judge rules DOGE’s cuts to Jewish humanities grants were unconstitutional
Ruling accuses government of terminating a grant ‘because it sought to empower and amplify the voices of Jewish women who were victims of Nazi persecution’
By Andrew Lapin
Elon Musk departs the Capitol following a meeting with Senate Republicans, in Washington, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
March 13, 2026, 4:15 pm
Lawsuit says DOGE used ChatGPT to tag Jewish-themed grants as DEI, then canceled them
Plaintiffs allege broad cuts last year aimed at diversity equity and inclusion targeted Holocaust-related projects, even as some argue that DEI efforts don’t aim at Jews anyway
By Andrew Lapin
A member of the cleaning staff makes her way through the Rotunda on an empty US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
October 1, 2025, 12:11 pm
US government enters shutdown as Congress fails to reach funding deal
Trump threatens to punish Democrats with public sector layoffs during shutdown, as top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer blames GOP for crisis over failure protect health care
By Frankie TAGGART
In this handout photo, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks with Elon Musk during a live discussion on the social media platform X, at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California, September 18, 2023. (Avi Ohayon/ GPO)
August 14, 2025, 12:16 am
Netanyahu looks to tap an ‘Israeli Elon Musk’ to slash bureaucratic red tape
Lauding efficiency of Gulf monarchies, PM says he wants to get rid of government regulations by ‘deep state’ that he claims are stifling initiatives and development
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US President Donald Trump (left) and Elon Musk speak in the Oval Office before departing the White House in Washington, DC, on March 14, 2025. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP)
July 1, 2025, 10:34 pm
Trump says DOGE might have ‘to eat Elon’ as Musk proposes new political party
Feud between US president and tech mogul escalates over Republican spending bill and tax cuts, which the latter calls ‘disgusting abomination’
By MEG KINNARD
Holocaust survivors look on during the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the US Capitol on April 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images via JTA)
June 27, 2025, 4:39 pm
Trump’s Social Security Administration cuts hurt US Holocaust survivors, advocates say
Attorneys say DOGE’s slashing of staffers and field offices may make it harder to correct a longtime glitch that can cause survivors in their 80s and 90s to lose their benefits
By Andrew Lapin
US President Donald Trump, from right, speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent listen in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
June 8, 2025, 10:12 am
Musk brawled with US treasury secretary, shoved him ‘like a rugby player’ – report
Washington Post says Scott Bessent hit the tech mogul after the two hurled insults at each other
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump (left) aboard Air Force One on May 4, 2025; Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025. (Saul Loeb, Jim Watson/AFP)
June 7, 2025, 8:32 am
Trump-Musk feud continues with US president saying tech mogul ‘lost his mind’
President considering ditching red Tesla he bought from ex-ally’s company; White House says two are not expected to talk
By Danny Kemp
US President Donald Trump (seated) speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
May 31, 2025, 8:41 am
In odd, black-eyed farewell, Musk vows to stay Trump’s ‘friend,’ denies drug allegations
US president says billionaire ‘really not leaving’ and will be ‘back and forth’; tech titan dodges questions over reported heavy drug use, says bruised eye from playing with son
By AFP
L: Elon Musk attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, March 24, 2025. (Pool via AP); R: US Vice President JD Vance speaks at the US military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, on March 28, 2025. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP)
April 4, 2025, 12:19 am
Vance says Elon Musk will continue as adviser even after leaving government role
US vice president says report about Musk leaving early is ‘total fake news,’ but emphasizes the billionaire efficiency czar only signed on for a few months
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Elon Musk, left, shakes hands with US President Donald Trump at the finals for the NCAA wrestling championship, on March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
April 2, 2025, 10:40 pm
Trump tells close advisers that Elon Musk will soon leave White House role — report
Politico says US president told inner circle that Musk, who had claimed 130-day government cost-cutting mandate, will return to his businesses soon
By Susan Heavey and Akash Sriram
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, standing left, speaks to reporters while holding his son X Æ A-Xii as US President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, February 11, 2025. (Jim Watson / AFP)
February 12, 2025, 3:39 am
Musk walks back administration’s claim about $50 million condom allotment for Gaza
‘Some of the things I say will be incorrect,’ says DOGE chief after reporting reveals that Gaza Strip was mistaken for province in Mozambique
By Jacob Magid
Elon Musk arrives before the 60th presidential inauguration in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, January 20, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/ Pool Photo via AP)
February 8, 2025, 8:36 am
Musk vows to rehire deputy who apparently joked about annihilation of Israel and Gaza
Billionaire’s X followers decide in poll to reinstate Marko Elez, 25, who resigned from Musk’s government agency after racist posts resurfaced such as ‘Normalize Indian hate’
By AFP
Illustrative. Masked Palestinian men prepare inflated latex condoms loaded with flammable material to be flown toward Israel, at the Israel-Gaza border in al-Bureij, central Gaza Strip on June 14, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
January 29, 2025, 2:23 am
White House: Biden allotted $50m for Gaza condoms; ex-official denies ‘feverish dream’
Trump’s press secretary says expenditure, which would amount to over 80% of total USAID spending worldwide on contraceptives in 2023, was uncovered by budget office and Elon Musk-led DOGE
By Jacob Magid and AFP
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