WatchCats News Roundup, April 14, 2025

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1. Judge relaxes ban on DOGE access to sensitive US Treasury information

2. See How Government Spending Is Up Even as Musk Touts Savings

   

3. Why the 'ultimate peace president' wants to spend $1 trillion on defense

4. DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, and Still Overstating Its Progress

5. Why Elon Musk Hasn’t Come Close to Finding $1 Trillion in Cuts

6. Federal Work Force Prepares for Another Round of Mass Firings as Deadline Nears

7. DOGE Cuts Hobble Office That Would Aid NASA and SpaceX Mars Landings

8. Musk’s Latest Fraud Finding Isn’t What It Seems

9. Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project

10. DOGE takes over federal grants website, wresting control of billions

11. Trump plan would slash State Dept. funding by nearly half, memo says

12. Some DOGE staffers hold high-powered jobs at multiple federal agencies

13. DOGE abruptly cut a program for teens with disabilities. This student is 'devastated'

14. Inside the DOGE immigration task force