The Trump administration reportedly asked FEMA officials to produce a list of employees that could be targeted for firings—the latest agency to come under scrutiny of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency that is leading a mass-layoff effort to reduce government spending.
The program uses Customs and Border Protection funding and is managed by FEMA. It does not use money from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund.
After Elon Musk complained about federal spending for housing migrants in New York, the Department of Homeland Security announced four FEMA officials have been fired.
New York City officials said more than $80.5 million was taken back by the federal government after Musk and DOGE's discovery.
New York City officials said the city had received two payments from the federal government as reimbursement for expenses the city incurred while providing services to migrants who arrived in New York,
The acting head of the federal agency responsible for responding to disasters says he’s suspending payments sent to New York City to house migrants and that staff who made them will be held accountable.
The council is slated to hold its first meeting by April 24 and deliver an initial report to the White House by late July.
While Musk functions as the head of the operation – proceeding in a manner that echoes early days of the tech billionaire’s employee-axing Twitter takeover — his right-hand people
Musk accused the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday of using $59 million in disaster funds to house undocumented migrants in New York hotels in an inaccurate post on the social media site X.
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) comments on FEMA's looming fate as DOGE continues to target bureaucratic waste and addresses reports his wife Casey will run for governor on 'The Ingraham Angle.' LAURA INGRAHAM,
The DOGE initiative’s internal functions have been shrouded in mystery and the Musk-led team’s size was not widely known even within the executive branch before Trump’s remarks.