U.S. federal workers clamp down on their communications in climate of DOGE-induced fear

Several people are shown on a sidewalk holding signs outside a building in an apparent demonstration.

Federal workers with the U.S. Agency for International Development, the first government department targeted by DOGE, have locked down their credit, shut off their Alexas and turned to the secure, encrypted Signal app for communications — just as they'd operate in foreign, autocratic countries.