Monday, February 24, 2025

Judge Blocks Elon Musk’s DOGE Team From Education Department’s Student Loan Databases; Judge tells Trump Admin to Unfreeze USAID Funding; Budget & Tax Rates

 Judge Blocks Elon Musk’s DOGE Team From Education Department’s Student Loan Databases - The New York Times (Thanks to Lexi for this one)

The American Federation of Teachers, a union representing more than 1.8 million educators, had sued to keep members of Mr. Musk’s government efficiency team out of the Education Department’s systems.

Judge tells Trump officials running USAID: Unfreeze Funding : Goats and Soda : NPR

Related stories on Musk, DOGE, and Data Access: Trump news: Feb. 18, 2025 | AP News (Thanks to Graydon for this one) 

Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk's DOGE are expected to produce no savings | AP News

Digital Services staffers resign en masse to protest Musk's slashing of federal government | AP News

DOGE math: The hard truths about Trump and Musk's budget cuts (Great insight into what is in the budget)

Related: Trump budget bill heads to House-wide vote despite GOP divisions | Fox News

Historical Highest Marginal Income Tax Rates | Tax Policy Center