Feed MRSS-S doge_departamento_eficiencia_gubernamental_estados_unidos_a, english.elpais.com en-us https://english.elpais.com Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:49:29 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-09-02/trump-vs-workers-mass-layoffs-elimination-of-protections-and-barriers-to-unionization.html Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:49:29 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-09-02/trump-vs-workers-mass-layoffs-elimination-of-protections-and-barriers-to-unionization.html Patricia Caro While unions accused the president of being the most hostile on labor issues, Labor Day in the US was marked by more than a thousand protests under the slogan Workers Over Billionaires While unions accused the president of being the most hostile on labor issues, Labor Day in the US was marked by more than a thousand protests under the slogan Workers Over Billionaires Donald Trump NASA DOGE Elon Musk Washington D.C. Chicago Bronte Wittpenn (AP) Trump vs. Workers Protest in the Mission district of San Francisco on September 1. Protest in the Mission district of San Francisco on September 1. <p>A year ago, the Republican presidential candidate courted voters by assuring them that he would defend the interests of American workers. In the seven months since Donald Trump returned to the White House, however, the record is completely different, and the list of executive orders against workers has already led to the Trump administration being defined as <a href="https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2025-08-29/state-capitalism-in-the-usa.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2025-08-29/state-capitalism-in-the-usa.html">the most hostile to labor issues</a> of all time.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-09-02/trump-vs-workers-mass-layoffs-elimination-of-protections-and-barriers-to-unionization.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-07-24/jesus-soriano-union-leader-in-the-scientific-rebellion-against-trump-youll-go-to-a-restaurant-and-wont-know-if-the-meat-is-contaminated-or-not.html Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:25:18 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-07-24/jesus-soriano-union-leader-in-the-scientific-rebellion-against-trump-youll-go-to-a-restaurant-and-wont-know-if-the-meat-is-contaminated-or-not.html Manuel Ansede The Spanish doctor, of the US National Science Foundation, is the only employee to put his full name to a letter against the dismantling of the government agency The Spanish doctor, of the US National Science Foundation, is the only employee to put his full name to a letter against the dismantling of the government agency MIT Donald Trump IBM Elon Musk DOGE Brian Witte (AP) Jesús Soriano, president of the NSF's majority union, December 20, 2024. Jesús Soriano, president of the NSF's majority union, December 20, 2024. <p>Workers at one of the world’s leading scientific institutions — the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) — launched a rebellion against the Trump administration on Tuesday. A letter signed by 150 employees denounces “the systematic dismantling” of this government agency, which in its 75-year history has funded the development of thousands of projects that have changed human life, including the internet, the Google search engine, the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-06-26/new-technique-opens-the-door-to-large-scale-dna-editing-to-cure-diseases.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-06-26/new-technique-opens-the-door-to-large-scale-dna-editing-to-cure-diseases.html">CRISPR gene-editing tool</a>, smartphones, and magnetic resonance imaging. The list of 150 signatories reflects the climate of fear surrounding the irascible personality of Trump and his coterie: all names have been anonymized except one: Jesús Soriano, a 57-year-old doctor born in Crevillent, Alicante, who chairs Local 3403 of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the agency’s majority union. The Spaniard — who became a naturalized U.S. citizen two decades ago — and his colleagues warn that the 56% budget cut announced by the Trump administration threatens to “paralyze American science” and precipitate a brain drain of the NSF. Soriano, who has worked at the agency since 2012 and has helped create companies that have raised more than $1 billion in investment, speaks to EL PAÍS via videoconference from Virginia.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-07-24/jesus-soriano-union-leader-in-the-scientific-rebellion-against-trump-youll-go-to-a-restaurant-and-wont-know-if-the-meat-is-contaminated-or-not.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/LKLTX4EAN5HS5DELJTBNGLRL5M.jpg?auth=da6c450b172b208a1c69fcb31481e52cd827551bef275ca25ada6727e48b3def" width="1001" height="770" alt="Excerpt from the open letter from 150 employees of the U.S. National Science Foundation, with all signatories blacked out except Jesús Soriano."></img> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-06-01/matthew-desmond-sociologist-we-should-ask-ourselves-if-the-companies-we-give-our-money-to-are-exploiting-their-workers.html Sun, 01 Jun 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-06-01/matthew-desmond-sociologist-we-should-ask-ourselves-if-the-companies-we-give-our-money-to-are-exploiting-their-workers.html Iker Seisdedos García The US author says that poverty in the United States could be eradicated with just 1% of the country’s GDP — but that Trump’s policies are going in the opposite direction The US author says that poverty in the United States could be eradicated with just 1% of the country’s GDP — but that Trump’s policies are going in the opposite direction Donald Trump Elon Musk DOGE Pascal Perich Matthew Desmond at Princeton University (United States), on March 24. Matthew Desmond at Princeton University on March 24. Matthew Desmond at Princeton University on March 24. <p>Matthew Desmond is one of the most respected sociologists in the United States. He is also a man of action. To write <i>Evicted</i>, which won him a Pulitzer Prize in 2017, he lived for years in a Milwaukee RV park, seeing fellow tenants struggle against heartless landlords on the front-lines of U.S. poverty. He took some 4,000 pages of notes that he later turned into a powerful book.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-06-01/matthew-desmond-sociologist-we-should-ask-ourselves-if-the-companies-we-give-our-money-to-are-exploiting-their-workers.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-05-29/elon-musk-announces-final-departure-from-the-white-house-a-day-after-criticizing-trump.html Thu, 29 May 2025 09:43:23 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-05-29/elon-musk-announces-final-departure-from-the-white-house-a-day-after-criticizing-trump.html Iker Seisdedos García The tech magnate confirms his resignation as head of the Department of Government Efficiency The tech magnate confirms his resignation as head of the Department of Government Efficiency Elon Musk Donald Trump Washington D.C. DOGE Tesla Motors Space X Matt Rourke (AP) Elon Musk White House Elon Musk and Donald Trump at a wrestling match on March 22. Elon Musk and Donald Trump at a wrestling match on March 22. <p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2025-04-20/elon-musks-less-than-original-measures-developing-the-ideas-of-his-grandfather-joshua-haldeman.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2025-04-20/elon-musks-less-than-original-measures-developing-the-ideas-of-his-grandfather-joshua-haldeman.html">Elon Musk</a> is bidding farewell. The wealthiest person in the world announced Wednesday on his X account that he is permanently leaving his duties at the White House. His departure came the day after the release of a preview of an interview in which he criticized President Donald Trump.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-05-29/elon-musk-announces-final-departure-from-the-white-house-a-day-after-criticizing-trump.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2025-04-27/tech-oligarchs-impose-their-prophetic-visions.html Sun, 27 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2025-04-27/tech-oligarchs-impose-their-prophetic-visions.html Evgeny Morozov The oracles of Silicon Valley want to enforce the futures they once envisioned. First, they sold us an idea of the world. Now, they intend to implement it — reshaping laws, institutions, and cultural expectations until their private fantasies become reality The oracles of Silicon Valley want to enforce the futures they once envisioned. First, they sold us an idea of the world. Now, they intend to implement it — reshaping laws, institutions, and cultural expectations until their private fantasies become reality Elon Musk Donald Trump Sam Altman OpenAI DOGE Peter Thiel Jürgen Habermas Silicon Valley Opinión Sr. García (EL PAÍS) Ideas 20/04/2025 Oliogarcas Silicon Valley Elon Musk, left; next to him, from top to bottom, entrepreneurs and investors Marc Andreessen, Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, and Balaji Srinivasan. Elon Musk, left; next to him, from top to bottom, entrepreneurs and investors Marc Andreessen, Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, and Balaji Srinivasan. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/SSORA64PPFHLHGIGSMF3BE57II.jpg?auth=96741b738ec2f34e48557b8e0da615b525d54488d1d0400bb5043b1eca1dffa7" width="2400" height="1350" alt="Elon Musk, left; next to him, from top to bottom, entrepreneurs and investors Marc Andreessen, Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, and Balaji Srinivasan."></img><p>Witnessing the profusion of bold, often baffling, occasionally horrifying ideas from <a href="https://english.elpais.com/technology/2023-09-20/writer-douglas-rushkoff-the-tech-elite-are-planning-for-the-apocalypse.html">America’s tech elite</a> delivers a disorienting thrill. Silicon Valley’s solutionist overdose has inflated an ideas bubble rivaling its financial ones — a marketplace where grand narratives appreciate faster than stock options</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2025-04-27/tech-oligarchs-impose-their-prophetic-visions.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/E6ZUUETIVNFUTE3TKS3NJ3SLNQ.jpg?auth=c5526f55b058d6fafe1a6e92b1e2ebab41c57fcdd3652265e4493a40f02a4877" width="6000" height="4000" alt="An image of Elon Musk on a screen in Times Square, New York, last March."></img> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-02/elon-musk-to-leave-white-house-role-soon-according-to-several-us-media-outlets.html Wed, 02 Apr 2025 18:58:13 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-02/elon-musk-to-leave-white-house-role-soon-according-to-several-us-media-outlets.html Macarena Vidal Liy Tesla shares experience uptick after ‘Politico’ reported the departure of the tech magnate and Donald Trump’s right-hand man is being prepared by the Republican administration Tesla shares experience uptick after ‘Politico’ reported the departure of the tech magnate and Donald Trump’s right-hand man is being prepared by the Republican administration Elon Musk Donald Trump DOGE Tesla Motors Isaac Wasserman (NCAA Photos via Getty Images) Elon Musk to leave White House role ‘soon’ according to several US media outlets Elon Musk and Donald Trump in Philadelphia on March 22. Elon Musk and Donald Trump in Philadelphia on March 22. <p>The richest person in the world and Donald Trump’s right-hand man, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2024-12-30/elon-musk-unelected-president-and-agent-of-chaos.html">tech oligarch Elon Musk</a>, will leave his role in the White House as an advisor, partner in crime, and overseer of spending and personnel cuts in the United States administration “soon,” according to several U.S. media outlets, who reported Trump himself had told several of his collaborators this on Wednesday. The news immediately prompted a surge in shares of <a href="https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-03-12/trump-turns-the-white-house-into-a-tesla-dealership-to-support-musk.html">Tesla</a>, the electric vehicle manufacturer of which Musk is CEO.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-02/elon-musk-to-leave-white-house-role-soon-according-to-several-us-media-outlets.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-25/trump-fulfills-fidel-castros-lifelong-dream-by-silencing-radio-television-marti.html Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:01:23 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-25/trump-fulfills-fidel-castros-lifelong-dream-by-silencing-radio-television-marti.html Carla Gloria Colomé Washington has suspended the anti-Castro media outlet, which stopped broadcasting for the first time in 40 years. ‘It’s a goal for Havana,’ says one of its flagship journalists Washington has suspended the anti-Castro media outlet, which stopped broadcasting for the first time in 40 years. ‘It’s a goal for Havana,’ says one of its flagship journalists Cuba Fidel Castro Donald Trump Miguel Díaz-Canel José Martí Florida Miami Elon Musk DOGE Jorge Mas Canosa Ronald Reagan Getty Images Trump fulfills Fidel Castro’s lifelong dream by silencing Radio Televisión Martí Fidel Castro and Donald Trump. Fidel Castro and Donald Trump. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/I53APNZJYFDTDJOV5BDOLMKWHE.jpg?auth=62f1d581254762495ef405839e8c48b05ea1ceb76f3193de8d8544530644b374" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Fidel Castro and Donald Trump."></img><p>It’s the summer of 2023, and a U.S. Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Century aircraft takes off from the Opa-locka Air Force Base, northwest of Miami, on a day of clear skies and calm seas. For five hours, the crew will patrol the coast of southern Florida and, taking care not to violate national airspace, will reach a point about 20 miles north of Cuba. It is being called the largest exodus of all time, which by that point had reached <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-09-24/more-than-850000-cubans-have-arrived-in-the-us-since-2022-in-the-largest-exodus-in-cuban-history.html">nearly one million Cubans in two years</a>. Although the U.S. government has <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-25/the-us-adds-half-a-million-new-undocumented-immigrants-its-unfair-that-if-biden-gave-me-parole-trump-comes-and-takes-it-away.html">scrapped laws that protected them</a>, they continue to navigate the nearly 90 miles between Havana and Miami on homemade rafts.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-25/trump-fulfills-fidel-castros-lifelong-dream-by-silencing-radio-television-marti.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-21/attacks-on-elon-musks-tesla-are-on-the-rise-what-you-need-to-know.html Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:23:19 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-21/attacks-on-elon-musks-tesla-are-on-the-rise-what-you-need-to-know.html Jordi Alonso Martínez Yañez Many of the incidents are related to the ‘Tesla Takedown’ movement, a protest group that has spread globally Many of the incidents are related to the ‘Tesla Takedown’ movement, a protest group that has spread globally América Elon Musk DOGE Tesla Motors Donald Trump Pam Bondi Lindsey Wasson (AP) TESLA TAKEDOWN Tesla vehicles set on fire in a lot in the city of Seattle, Washington, March 10, 2025. Tesla vehicles set on fire in a lot in the city of Seattle, Washington, March 10, 2025. <p>Tesla Motors, one of billionaire Elon Musk’s companies — who now serves as head of the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-02-21/trump-puts-nasa-on-pause-as-musks-doge-prepares-to-slash-costs.html">Department of Government Efficiency </a>— has been the target of a series of violent attacks against its vehicles and dealerships. The vandalism is part of a protest movement against the policies of the entrepreneur and the Trump administration. For his part, the U.S. president has shown his support for Musk and his company, and has indicated that the acts (which he considers unpatriotic) will be considered <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-01-02/terror-strikes-the-us-on-the-eve-of-trumps-return-to-the-white-house.html">domestic terrorism</a>.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-21/attacks-on-elon-musks-tesla-are-on-the-rise-what-you-need-to-know.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-20/the-white-house-doubles-down-on-its-attacks-on-the-independence-of-judges.html Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:07:08 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-20/the-white-house-doubles-down-on-its-attacks-on-the-independence-of-judges.html Macarena Vidal Liy The government is refusing to hand over data requested by a judge regarding the the timing of two flights carrying Venezuelans deported under an 18th-century law The government is refusing to hand over data requested by a judge regarding the the timing of two flights carrying Venezuelans deported under an 18th-century law Donald Trump El Salvador Nayib Bukele Karoline Leavitt Elon Musk DOGE Tren de Aragua U.S Army WILL OLIVER (EFE) The White House doubles down on its attacks on the independence of judges White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt at her press conference on Wednesday. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt at her press conference on Wednesday. <p>The White House on Wednesday doubled down on its attacks on the independence of federal judges in a confrontation with dangerous consequences. In a bid to delegitimize the authority of courts with which they disagree, U.S. President Donald Trump, his press secretary Karoline Leavitt, and tech oligarch Elon Musk have repeatedly lashed out at judges who have ruled against the wishes of the administration. This tendency has multiplied after U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg on Saturday barred the deportation of more than 200 Venezuelans under an 18th-century wartime law. The immigrants were nevertheless <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-19/a-tattoo-an-ear-a-neck-venezuelan-mothers-recognize-their-sons-in-images-of-alleged-gang-members-sent-to-el-salvador.html">transferred to El Salvador</a>.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-20/the-white-house-doubles-down-on-its-attacks-on-the-independence-of-judges.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-20/trump-prepares-executive-order-to-dismantle-the-department-of-education.html Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:00:10 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-20/trump-prepares-executive-order-to-dismantle-the-department-of-education.html Iker Seisdedos García The US president intends to fulfill his campaign promise to return authority over education to states and parents. But a final decision requires a qualified majority in the Senate, which he does not have The US president intends to fulfill his campaign promise to return authority over education to states and parents. But a final decision requires a qualified majority in the Senate, which he does not have Donald Trump Elon Musk DOGE WWF Joseph Biden Evelyn Hockstein (REUTERS) Trump prepares executive order to dismantle the Department of Education Donald Trump signs an executive order on March 7 in the Oval Office. Donald Trump signs an executive order on March 7 in the Oval Office. <p>Donald Trump fulfilled another one of his campaign promises on Thursday. By signing an executive order from the Oval Office, the U.S. president intends <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-17/a-federal-and-state-onslaught-threatens-migrants-right-to-education.html">to start dismantling the Department of Education</a> to — fulfilling a long-standing Republican aspiration — distribute its functions among the states and “return power to parents” over their children’s education.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-20/trump-prepares-executive-order-to-dismantle-the-department-of-education.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-19/ron-desantis-moves-to-make-florida-more-maga-than-trump.html Wed, 19 Mar 2025 07:57:26 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-19/ron-desantis-moves-to-make-florida-more-maga-than-trump.html Nicholas Dale Leal The creation of a state DOGE, the approval of a hardline law against undocumented immigrants, and the proposal to eliminate property tax align the governor with the White House, as he seeks to cement his legacy ahead of the 2026 elections The creation of a state DOGE, the approval of a hardline law against undocumented immigrants, and the proposal to eliminate property tax align the governor with the White House, as he seeks to cement his legacy ahead of the 2026 elections Florida Ron DeSantis Donald Trump América Washington D.C. Tallahassee DOGE Eva Marie Uzcategui (Bloomberg) FLORIDA-DESANTIS Ron DeSantis at a press conference on border security in Homestead, Florida, on February 26, 2025. Ron DeSantis at a press conference on border security in Homestead, Florida, on February 26, 2025. <p>Ron DeSantis is trapped in Donald Trump’s shadow. And his latest strategy to escape it is imitation. In just under two months of the Republican administration arriving in the White House, the city of Tallahassee, the seat of the Florida state government, has been the stage for a series of moves by the governor to make Florida even more MAGA than Trump himself.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-19/ron-desantis-moves-to-make-florida-more-maga-than-trump.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-07/daylight-saving-time-2025-when-to-change-the-clocks-and-everything-you-need-to-know.html Fri, 07 Mar 2025 16:15:38 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-07/daylight-saving-time-2025-when-to-change-the-clocks-and-everything-you-need-to-know.html Jordi Alonso Martínez Yañez The Trump administration is considering eliminating the time change, and Elon Musk has called for a vote The Trump administration is considering eliminating the time change, and Elon Musk has called for a vote América Benjamin Franklin Elon Musk DOGE NazariyKarkhut (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Daylight Saving Time 2025: when to change the clocks and everything you need to know A clock next to the flag of the United States. A clock next to the flag of the United States. <p>As part of his <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-03/government-employees-fired-by-musk-speak-i-feel-betrayed-by-my-country.html">government efficiency efforts</a>, U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to eliminate Daylight Saving Time (DST). In speeches, he has positioned himself as a proponent of keeping standard time year-round. Currently, most of the United States follows <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-02-25/twenty-one-doge-staffers-resign-in-protest-against-elon-musk.html">daylight saving time</a> for about eight months, while Arizona and Hawaii remain on standard time.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-07/daylight-saving-time-2025-when-to-change-the-clocks-and-everything-you-need-to-know.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-03/government-employees-fired-by-musk-speak-i-feel-betrayed-by-my-country.html Mon, 03 Mar 2025 15:06:57 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-03/government-employees-fired-by-musk-speak-i-feel-betrayed-by-my-country.html Iker Seisdedos García Those who have been impacted call out ‘chaos’ in Trump administration cuts — and warn that the purge puts at risk the United States’ reputation as a world leader in science, as well as its chances at combating the next pandemic Those who have been impacted call out ‘chaos’ in Trump administration cuts — and warn that the purge puts at risk the United States’ reputation as a world leader in science, as well as its chances at combating the next pandemic Elon Musk DOGE Donald Trump Truth Social Washington D.C. Gabriela Passos (EL PAÍS) ESTADOS UNIDOS-K WAYEN-ENTREVISTA K. Waye, a former CDC employee fired by Elon Musk, pictured in her home in Damascus, Maryland home on February 21. K. Waye, a former CDC employee fired by Elon Musk, pictured in her home in Damascus, Maryland home on February 21. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/STWXOBNY3ZCU3DXQ4CUDJJK2UY.jpg?auth=77178e3f2a8322db68cdf35edce134de0acf41a1aeed6b1e6934e9e7af765b5c" width="9504" height="6336" alt="K. Waye, a former CDC employee fired by Elon Musk, pictured in her home in Damascus, Maryland home on February 21."></img><p>The email arrived at 7:06pm on a Saturday, but had been dated the day before. With it, K. Waye, an official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), became one of the thousands of federal employees that <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-02-25/twenty-one-doge-staffers-resign-in-protest-against-elon-musk.html">Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)</a> fired on February 14, part of what has become known in Washington as the “Valentine’s Day Massacre.”</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-03/government-employees-fired-by-musk-speak-i-feel-betrayed-by-my-country.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/DFKSSVFV4FDRRICIXTXPZBVZLY.png?auth=40f88df8d2a040cb4f40c844db25ac8e2aed74911ff29e10253d3ce2919c244f" width="1968" height="1648" alt="Former Department of Veteran Affairs employee Andrew Lennox in Syria, where he served as a Marine, in a photo he supplied."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/RZ3FJZPXCJEJLCXZJTTWTT2BCY.jpg?auth=5ca973464bc32988f30fcca702258a611def4346863b4a83c594df613a931403" width="9177" height="6118" alt="A plaque affixed to a windowpane in the house of K. Waye in Damascus, Maryland on February 21. "></img> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-02-25/twenty-one-doge-staffers-resign-in-protest-against-elon-musk.html Tue, 25 Feb 2025 20:58:58 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-02-25/twenty-one-doge-staffers-resign-in-protest-against-elon-musk.html Miguel Jiménez Cabeza ‘We will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize Americans’ sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services,’ said the group, who make up nearly a third of the department ‘We will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize Americans’ sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services,’ said the group, who make up nearly a third of the department Elon Musk Donald Trump DOGE JIM LO SCALZO (EFE) Trump deja a miles de empleados federales en paro: "Estamos todos en shock" A demonstration last week in Washington against the cuts. A demonstration last week in Washington against the cuts. <p>The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), inspired by <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-02-19/trump-and-musk-display-their-rapport-on-fox-news-i-couldnt-find-anyone-smarter.html">the billionaire Elon Musk,</a> was built on what was formerly the United States Digital Service (USDS). By executive order of Donald Trump, the agency was renamed, though it is still not strictly a department, and inherited its staff. On Tuesday, more than 20 federal employees who had been assigned to DOGE collectively resigned, saying that they refuse to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-02-25/twenty-one-doge-staffers-resign-in-protest-against-elon-musk.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-02-24/musks-ultimatum-for-government-workers-to-justify-their-jobs-creates-chaos-in-the-administration.html Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:36:17 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-02-24/musks-ultimatum-for-government-workers-to-justify-their-jobs-creates-chaos-in-the-administration.html Miguel Jiménez Cabeza The Department of Government Efficiency has required federal employees to explain their accomplishments over the past week or face layoff, but several agencies are asking employees not to reply The Department of Government Efficiency has required federal employees to explain their accomplishments over the past week or face layoff, but several agencies are asking employees not to reply Elon Musk Donald Trump DOGE Jose Luis Magana (AP) Elon Musk Elon Musk, last Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Elon Musk, last Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). <p>U.S. federal employees have until midnight on Monday to justify their existence. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) headed by <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-02-19/trump-and-musk-display-their-rapport-on-fox-news-i-couldnt-find-anyone-smarter.html">the billionaire Elon Musk</a> sent officials an email this weekend giving them 48 hours to explain their achievements of the past week or face dismissal. In doing so, DOGE appears to be shifting the need to argue that their work is legitimate onto public employees themselves. However, several federal departments and agencies have asked their own employees to ignore the ultimatum, adding to the chaos and confusion.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-02-24/musks-ultimatum-for-government-workers-to-justify-their-jobs-creates-chaos-in-the-administration.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-01-19/elon-musk-gets-the-scissors-out.html Sun, 19 Jan 2025 04:45:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-01-19/elon-musk-gets-the-scissors-out.html Miguel Jiménez Cabeza The billionaire has begun to hire employees for the Department of Government Effectiveness and to point out some expenses to be cut The billionaire has begun to hire employees for the Department of Government Effectiveness and to point out some expenses to be cut Elon Musk Donald Trump DOGE Vivek Ramaswamy SEC Space X Twitter América Brandon Bell (Reuters) FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump Watches SpaceX Launch its sixth test flight of Starship Spacecraft Elon Musk and Donald Trump, last November in Brownsville (Texas). Elon Musk and Donald Trump, last November in Brownsville (Texas). <p>Elon Musk has been <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2024-12-30/elon-musk-unelected-president-and-agent-of-chaos.html">everywhere in the last few months</a>. First in the campaign, as a generous donor and dedicated rally leader, and then in the transition, as a companion to the president-elect of the United States and agitator for a variety of causes. With the inauguration of Donald Trump, the time has come to begin to carry out the task he has entrusted to him: a drastic reform of the Administration. Musk has started preparing to get the scissors out to cut spending and regulations. He <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/elections/2024-11-13/elon-musk-vows-to-send-shockwaves-after-being-appointed-to-trumps-government.html">intends to “send shockwaves” to the system,</a> among other things, for his own benefit.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-01-19/elon-musk-gets-the-scissors-out.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p>