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Federal Worker Surveillance, Trump's Team In Europe, Elon Musk And Mars

2025/2/12
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The General Services Administration (GSA), responsible for federal contracts and real estate, faces a 50% budget cut and increased employee surveillance. This raises concerns about potential job losses, contract cancellations, and the broader implications for the federal government under the Trump administration.
  • GSA budget cut in half
  • Increased employee surveillance including keyloggers
  • Remote work ban
  • Potential model for other federal agencies

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Employees at the General Services Administration are facing massive staff cuts and threats of near-constant monitoring, three top Trump administration officials are in Europe this week talking with European leaders about transatlantic issues, and proponents of going to Mars see an opportunity in Elon Musk's close relationship with President Trump. *Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? *Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.)*Today's episode of Up First was edited by Brett Neely, Ryland Barton, Gisele Grayson, Janaya Williams and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from David Greenberg. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange.*Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)