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• House Progressive Caucus blasts Elon Musk for illegal power grab, calls for his removal from government meddling
• Poll shows Musk unpopular, as head of DOGE gets access to government data, power over spending and staffing
• Trump plans cutting USAID staff from 10,000 to 661, as foreign aid freeze halts medicine deliveries and clinical trials
• Senate confirms Vought to head OMB, as Dems blast him for making Project2025 into Trump’s agenda
• Border militarization continues as Pentagon sends another 1,500 active duty soldiers to border, 500 Marines arrive in Guantanamo Bay

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