Elon Musk Quits Department of Government Efficiency After Donald Trump Push

Elon Musk quit the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and returned to his business work, after being propelled by Donald Trump in January to reduce drastically federal spending.

Musk’s mandate at DOGE was set to end just before a May 28 deadline, beyond which he would have been forced to submit to transparency requirements imposed by the Congress.

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The France 24 report says DOGE, under Musk’s direction, “a supprimé des dizaines de milliers de postes” in the public service and “a sabré les subventions fédérales,” as Musk faced increasing criticism.

France 24 also quotes Musk after a brief X network outage, writing: "De retour à passer 24 heures sur 24 et 7 jours sur 7 au travail et à dormir dans des salles de conférence/serveur/usine".

Delaware’s Freedom of Information Act battles have centered on how agencies use exemptions to withhold records, and on whether citizens can successfully challenge those decisions.

Delaware Online/The News Journal described how it sought records under FOIA and how the government agreed to pay $850,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a 22-year-old man fleeing a botched sting operation over $100 of magic-mushroom infused chocolate bars.

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The Delaware account also points to a “no-cost appeal to the Delaware Department of Justice,” while noting that local judges have shown the DOJ review sometimes endorses overly broad interpretations of FOIA exemptions.

In a separate FOIA-focused discussion, Democracy Now! marked the law’s 60th anniversary and quoted Ian Head saying, "It’s gotten extremely bad in this last year and a half under Trump, but this has been going on for decades," as FOIA delays and redactions affect access to government records.

A Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press guide on immigration reporting lays out how journalists can use FOIA to monitor government actions in the immigration system.

The guide says many relevant federal agencies are part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and that most federal agencies are subject to FOIA, with DHS publishing FOIA policies and regulations under 5 U.S.C. § 552.

It also describes how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) runs detention facilities and that FOIA requests can be filed online through the DHS FOIA portal or by traditional mail, while ICE maintains a FOIA Reading Room for public review.

For FOIA access and observation rights, the guide states that the First Amendment generally protects the right to observe and to record immigration enforcement agents while they perform their duties, but that the right is not absolute and the Government may restrict access to nonpublic places or where it contends national security interests are particularly compelling.