Jonathan Kamens (jik@federate.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Feb-2025 10:24:27 JST

out of line with his agenda, the officials said. Late tonight, the Pentagon said Hegseth is looking to cut 8% of next year's defense budget, totaling around $50,000,000,000. It comes as Elon Musk's DOGE employees are now working inside the Pentagon, according to senior officials, eyeing staffing cuts there. Overnight, president Trump, alongside Musk, dismissed concerns about conflicts of interest with Musk's businesses, even though the tech billionaire's companies, like SpaceX,
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