Twitter, Musk and Trump

Trump's government-worker buyouts are feeling a lot like Musk's Twitter in 2022
The new administration is emailing government employees draft resignation letters. Musk sent a similar email to Twitter staff in 2022.
Trump cribs Musk’s “fork in the road” Twitter memo to slash gov’t workforce
Echoing Elon Musk's approach to thinning out Twitter's staff in 2022, Donald Trump's plan to significantly slash the government workforce now, for a limited time only, includes offering resignation buyouts.
Trump’s Federal Buyout Memo Has Echoes of Musk’s 2022 Twitter Purge
A new memo offering "deferred resignation" to all federal employees seems to be taking its strategy from Musk's chaotic Twitter takeover.
Trump admin offers payouts for resignations in move mirroring Musk's memo at Twitter
The Trump administration offered an ultimatum to some federal employees asking them to choose if they want to resign in a pitch that echoes Elon Musk's moves at Twitter.
Trump Offers Federal Workers a Buyout to Quit. Why It Echoes Musk’s Twitter Playbook.
President Donald Trump has told federal workers to either return to the office or quit. It looks like Elon Musk’s strategy when he bought Twitter. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management made all federal employees a deferred resignation offer Tuesday as it ramps up its return-to-office push.
Donald Trump's federal buyout email bears striking similarities to Musk X purge email
President Donald Trump's offer to buyout federal employees appears to be taking the lead of Elon Musk's playbook for overhauling in X in 2023.
What Madonna Has Said About Donald Trump
The singer, who this week criticized the Trump administration, has made a number of comments about the president over the ...
Trump’s first 100 days: all the news impacting the tech industry
On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump issued a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, who ran the dark web marketplace Silk Road under ...
How it may be ‘Twitter moment’ for the US government employees after President Donald Trump’s ‘February 6 deadline email’
US President Donald Trump has initiated a federal workforce overhaul reminiscent of Elon Musk's Twitter strategy. Federal employees face a choice: meet new performance standards or accept a buyout.
Medicaid Portals Down After Donald Trump Funding Freeze
After President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on federal grants and loans, Medicaid's portals went down Tuesday afternoon, ...
What is the Office of Personnel Management? Trump is relying on this agency to reshape government
President Donald Trump is relying on a relatively obscure federal agency to reshape government. The Office of Personnel ...
Trump family Inauguration Day photos, posts: Melania, Ivanka, Tiffany, Barron, Eric and Donald Jr.
How tall is Barron Trump? On Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2025, Donald and Melania's son noticeably stood out with his 6-foot-9 ...
Fact check: Did President Donald Trump ‘cancel’ Black History Month?
Public statements on social media have suggested President Trump moved to end observance of Black History Month.
Musk team’s push to gut federal workforce bypassed key Trump officials
Billionaire Elon Musk has worked behind the scenes on an initiative aimed at depleting the civil service, prompting questions ...
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The impacts of the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back DEI initiatives
Coming up at 9 a.m. on Thursday, MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about the steps President Donald Trump has taken to dismantle the federal government’s diversity, equity and inclusion ...