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🚨🚨BIG SCOOP: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A 19-year-old on Elon Musk’s DOGE squad was fired from a cybersecurity firm after he was accused of leaking company secrets. He's now on one of the most high-profile teams in the Trump admin. W/Jason Leopold, @MargiMurphy, Sophie Alexander and Anthony Cormier bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Scoop: Ed Dept is prohibiting new contracts over $25,000 for anything deemed not "mission-critical," including things "that exceed minimum needs." And a VC investor is now a DOGE member auditing the federal student loan portfolio bloomberg.com/news/articles/… w/Dana Hull 👩🏻‍💻 is on BLUESKY @danahull & Sophie Alexander

Scoop: “Nearly all of our positions are in jeopardy,” 1 of VA's Centers of Innovation told staff. Trump hiring freeze is forcing rolling terminations of VA researchers, who largely work on time-limited appointments managers now can't renew bloomberg.com/news/articles/… w/ Sophie Alexander

Hundreds of VA researchers are set to be terminated in the coming months. VA research has brought the world things like nicotine patches, cardiac pacemakers It’s one of the world’s largest medial research hubs (Via Josh Eidelson/ Sophie Alexander) bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

EXCLUSIVE: The The Associated Press has obtained and tonight published a database of the file names and descriptions of more than 26,000 military images flagged for removal --because the pictures highlight contributions by women or minorities, or celebrate heritage -- or "DEI." A team of us went

Peter Thiel has remained offstage as his allies -- lots of them -- settle into power. Here's Sophie Alexander and Jamie Tarabay chronicling what might be the world's most important sociopolitical network bloomberg.com/features/2025-…

NEW: We’re tracking the billionaires’ ties to the new Trump administration. It’s not just Musk. Here’s a list of people from Peter Thiel’s orbit, now helping run our government. Since the election, Thiel’s fortune has soared. 🎁 LINK: bloomberg.com/features/2025-…

"more than a dozen people with ties to Thiel... have been folded into the Trump administration" bloomberg.com/features/2025-… Sophie Alexander Jamie Tarabay

ADDICTED TO ICE: Small, rural communities are convinced their economic well-being depends on ICE contracts that keep private jails open for immigration detention -- no matter what happens inside bloom.bg/4j28jqp

ICE has tapped 41 companies to compete for some of the $45 billion earmarked for a massive expansion of immigration detention space, including at least 9 that offer tent facilities w/ Sophie Alexander and fola akinnibi bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ICE is preparing for a massive detention expansion effort, tapping 41 companies to compete for billions in contracts. Some of them specialize in tents, suggesting ICE will rely on temporary shelters in line w Project 2025. w/ Rachel Adams-Heard + fola akinnibi bloomberg.com/news/articles/…