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🚨WaPo scoop: Trump’s new leader of the Social Security Administration was being investigated for **privacy violations** when he was named to head the agency. — via Lisa Rein

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New — 20 House Democrats write to Trump this morning on USPS: “We urge you to immediately withdraw all plans to dismantle one of our nation’s most cherished public institutions and uphold the Postal Service’s independent status as required by law.”

submitted 7 hours ago • 13 comments

Joining @maddow.msnbc.com in about an hour to talk about Trump’s moves on USPS. What do you want to know?

submitted 20 hours ago • 13 comments

📬🚨 HUGE NEWS 📬🚨 Trump plans to fire the USPS governing board, merge the Postal Service into the Commerce Department. It would disrupt 55 years of non-political mail service, and threatens to upend trillions of dollars of ecommerce and the 250 year-old US mail system.

submitted 1 day ago • 195 comments

🚨 Scoop: Treasury Dept agrees to block DOGE access to personal taxpayer data at IRS 🚨 IRS was preparing to try to reject this request, but was able to negotiate with the Trump admin to narrow access. Now DOGE will get the same access as academic researchers and some IT professionals, per sources.

submitted 2 days ago • 97 comments

Many of Trump’s early actions are unpopular, Post-Ipsos poll finds www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

NEW: Engineering lead for a government text messaging service resigns over a DOGE ally's request for access to a database including personal information. Thomas Shedd, a Tesla alum now in charge of GSA technologists, has sought access to more than 20 systems www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

SCOOP: Trump administration has been evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of coronavirus tests that would otherwise be provided free to Americans. My story w/ Carolyn Y. Johnson. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

submitted 4 days ago • 134 comments

News: U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy plans to retire, he tells the USPS governing board.

submitted 4 days ago • 30 comments

Joining @maddow.msnbc.com on @msnbc.com shortly to talk about DOGE’s drive for personal data at IRS and Social Security. What do you want to know?

submitted 4 days ago • 11 comments

🚨 SCOOP 🚨 The acting Social Security commissioner has left the agency after a clash over providing DOGE access to sensitive data It follows our reporting that DOGE is seeking access to personal financial data at the IRS for every taxpayer, business and nonprofit.

submitted 4 days ago • 124 comments

🎥 Joining Katy Tur *live* on @msnbc.com in five minutes to talk about DOGE seeking access to person taxpayer data. Join us!

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

🚨 SCOOP: DOGE is seeking personal taxpayer data at IRS, sources tell me. 🚨 Trump admin is pushing IRS to agree to an MOU that would give DOGE access to granular data on every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country.

submitted 5 days ago • 289 comments

Ironically, Chip Roy refusing to take “yes” for an answer all but hands over the spending process over to the executive m because Republicans can’t pass spending bills that cut the deficit along party lines because it doesn’t go far enough for him.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

I am still in this car, and will be for a while. So if you have Econ policy questions — or want my thoughts about the Baltimore Orioles — AMA.

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments