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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has issued new guidance directing that spending items greater than $50,000 now require approval from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.The guidance, issued this week, escalates the role that the new efficiency group, known as DOGE, plays in EPA operations. “Any assistance agreement, contract or interagency agreement transaction (valued at) $50,000 or greater must receive approval from an EPA DOGE team member,″ the EPA guidance says, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.To facilitate the DOGE team review, EPA staff members have been directed to submit a brief, one-page explanation of each…
Barry “Butch” Wilmore, one of the astronauts stranded at the International Space Station, said statements from SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggesting that former President Joe Biden declined to rescue them are factual — although he admitted he did not know the nature of the closed-door discussions. Wilmore and fellow astronaut Suni Williams launched from their Boeing Starliner spacecraft in June 2024 for a mission set to last only eight days. However, after the spacecraft encountered technical issues, and NASA determined it unsafe for it to arrive back to Earth with the astronauts on board, Wilmore and Williams have remained…
Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…
Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Este artículo también está disponible en español. This week, the US Dollar Index (DXY) has recorded one of its largest three-day negative performances in recent history. Since Monday, the DXY is down -5.4%, falling from 109.881 to 103.967—an event some market observers interpret as a bullish…
Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…
Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Este artículo también está disponible en español. In crypto, wild price swings are normal when policies and new regulations are announced. This market observation became evident this week, immediately after US President Donald Trump announced plans for a strategic crypto reserve that includes Ethereum, Solana, ADA,…
Italian renewables company Plenitude and partner Infrastrutture SpA have completed the construction of a 37MW agrivoltaic plant in Lazio. The partners, through their joint venture Hergo Renewables, have commissioned the plant in the municipality of Montalto di Castro. Now operational, the plant will produce more than 70GWh of electricity annually, equivalent to the annual energy needs of over 22,000 households. It adds to Plenitude’s portfolio of renewable energy production in Italy, where the company currently has more than 1GW of installed capacity. Plenitude says it is just the first step in a broader pipeline of solar projects owned by…
Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the January 6th insurrection, in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 2, 2021.Graeme Jennings | Pool via ReutersSen. Richard Blumenthal this week pressed Visa for detailed plans and documents related to its deal to provide payments services to Elon Musk’s social media site, X, as it prepares to launch a digital wallet.Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut and the ranking member of the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, pointed to Musk’s role in hobbling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — the consumer watchdog…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Washington refused Friday to block employees of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury systems containing sensitive personal data for millions of Americans.She acknowledged, however, privacy concerns about their work. DOGE is still limited by a different court order in New York. In Washington, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly previously restricted DOGE’s work at Treasury to two employees with read-only access, with the Trump administration’s cooperation. One of those workers later resigned after being linked with social media posts that espoused racism; Musk said he would be rehired.Kollar-Kotelly, who was appointed…
Trump clarifies Musk’s role with DOGE among Cabinet members Former White House chief information officer Theresa Payton discusses President Donald Trump’s evolving dynamic with his Cabinet members and her reaction to Army soldiers reportedly trying to sell sensitive military information to China. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has been squandering money on thousands of unused software licenses, an audit found, according to DOGE.For example, there were “11,020 Acrobat licenses with zero users,” DOGE noted in the post on X.The list also included other examples.TRUMP ORDERS CABINET SECRETARIES TO WORK WITH DOGE ON STAFFING, USE A ‘SCALPEL’ ON PERSONNEL…