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• DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants

  DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.

• Judge Blocks DOGE From Laying Off 90 Percent of CFPB

  The Trump administration and DOGE tried to cut more than 1,400 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. An employee union and other groups are fighting to keep the regulator intact.

• DOGE Is Just Getting Warmed Up

  DOGE has tapped into some of the most sensitive and valuable data in the world. Now it’s starting to put it to work.

• FEMA Isn’t Ready for Disaster Season, Workers Say

  Instability, cuts, and a looming sense of dread have FEMA employees unsure the agency is ready for hurricanes, fires, and floods. “We are being set up for a really, really bad situation," says one.

• ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform

  In a document published Thursday, ICE explained the functions that it expects Palantir to include in a prototype of a new program to give the agency “near real-time” data about people self-deporting.