Trump's administration is pushing full-speed ahead with its D.O.G.E initiative, led by Elon Musk, which is slashing federal spending, gutting agencies, and laying off government workers en masse.

New York City officials said the city had received two payments from the federal government as reimbursement for expenses the city incurred while providing services to migrants who arrived in New York,

"This is the chainsaw for democracy," said Musk, the unofficial leader of DOGE, to a crowd of Republicans in Washington D.C.