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Protesters are seen at a rally standing up for Federal Workers in downtown Parkersburg, West Virginia, US February 28, 2025. Photo: Reuters
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DOGE job cuts bring pain to Trump heartland

The renunciation of allegiance to Trump by Piggott, a church-going conservative and three-time Trump voter, comes as political analysts are parsing early signs of a possible backlash in Republican...

Elon Musk shows off his t-shirt reading "Tech Support" while speaking at the first cabinet meeting hosted by US President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, February 26, 2025. Photo: Reuters
USA

DOGE website offers error-filled window into Musk's government overhaul

A Rohingya girl feeds a child from a jar with the USAID logo on it, at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, February 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ro Yassin Abdumonab/File Photo
USA

USAID official warns of unnecessary deaths from Trump's foreign aid block

People are detained as they protest outside of a Tesla store during a National Day of Tesla Protest in New York City, US, March 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
USA

Nine arrested at New York Tesla dealership as anti-Musk protests break out

Activists protest Elon Musk's government cost-cutting plans, Hawthorne, California, March 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/David Swanson
USA

US federal workers hit with second wave of emails demanding job details

Elon Musk leaves after a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Blair House, in Washington, DC, US, February 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard
USA

Musk's DOGE fires federal tech team that built free tax-filing site

Elon Musk attends the first cabinet meeting hosted by US President Donald Trump, in Washington, DC, US, February 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Brian Snyder
USA

Trump orders more layoffs, Musk touts cuts at cabinet meeting

A security member stands outside the headquarters of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), after probationary staff at the OPM were fired in a conference call and given less than an hour to leave the building, in Washington, DC, US, February 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Tierney L. Cross/File Photo
USA

Firings at US agency foreshadow second wave of mass government layoffs

File Photo: Billionaire Elon Musk at the Capitol Hill in the US on 5 December 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
USA

Musk renews firing threat after being stymied by federal officials

Elon Musk listens to US President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, February 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
USA

Trump administration tells workers they can ignore Musk ultimatum

An American flag and USAID flag fly outside the USAID building in Washington, D.C., US, February 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/File Photo
USA

Trump administration eliminating 1,600 USAID jobs in the US

Elon Musk listens to US President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, February 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
USA

Musk orders US federal workers to report on work by Monday or resign

Elon Musk holds up a chainsaw onstage during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 20, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
USA

Fired and rehired: the dizzying confusion of Trump's government overhaul