Billionaire investor Mark Cuban waded into the latest government tech shake-up on Saturday, offering support on the social network Bluesky for newly

The abrupt layoffs at the General Services Administration (GSA) have sent shockwaves through the federal workforce, particularly affecting the 18F technology unit. Around 70 employees were informed of their termination through an email distributed around 1 a.

Billionaire Mark Cuban has joined the conversation about the recently laid-off tech workers, posting a message of support to those affected.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday that government spending could be separated from gross domestic product reports, in response to questions about whether the spending cuts pushed by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency could possibly cause an economic downturn.

Top Trump administration officials are arguing that it is misleading to include government spending in the quarterly tally of GDP. It sets up a clash between the administration and economists over how to calculate the broadest measure of economic activity.

The Commerce Department in its most recent GDP report, showed that the economy grew at an annual rate of 2.3% in the final three months of 2024