Elon Musk’s ill-considered rampage through government has left Americans vulnerable to long-term health and safety threats, says Brookings Institution expert Elaine Kamarck.
DOGE
Posted inNewsletter
DOGE Has Made Americans Less Safe
Hurricanes. Terrorism. Identity theft. DOGE’s year-long campaign of destruction has left all of us more vulnerable to threats.
Posted inPodcast
How to Save the IRS
DOGE broke the IRS. Former IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel has thoughts on how to fix it.
Posted inNewsletter
How Trump and DOGE Broke the IRS
The agency was on its way to a turnaround, says former IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel. DOGE had other plans.
Posted inNewsletter
You Could Have Filed Your Taxes for Free This Year…
Except that the Trump administration killed Direct File, the IRS’s successful free program.
Posted inNewsletter
“I Could Do Anything”: Trump’s Dangerous Mantra
The president’s words on Cuba, the next nation he’s casing for foreign intervention, sound all too familiar.
Posted inFeatured
How Musk Can Kill Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill
The multibillionaire should quit attacking Trump and aim his fire at the president’s “disgusting abomination” of a bill.
Posted inPolitics
What Elon Musk Learned (and Donald Trump Didn’t) About Governing
It turns out public policy is harder than it looks.
Posted inPolitics
Inside the Trump Assault on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
An agency lawyer and union representative opens up about the Trump/Musk rampage on the CFPB, what happens next, and why he’s still optimistic.
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
Elon Musk Wants to Privatize Amtrak, But the Real Problem Is Freight Monopolies
Why Trump’s DOGE is on the wrong track on passenger rail.
