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How DOGE disruption may affect Americans’ lives
Clayton Collins
Director of Editorial Innovation
Promises and early actions are made and taken by every U.S. administration. Some are foreshadowed in campaigns. Some get walked back. The current chief executive has been active on issues ranging from penny-minting and plastic straws to the composition of fighting forces and a future state for Gaza. Last night, a judge cleared the way for federal buyouts for government workers. Today, the Monitor’s Simon Montlake looks at how the disruption of federal agencies, in particular, could play out in one place crucial to the president’s success: Americans’ daily lives.
