| ▲ | bootsmann a day ago | |||||||||||||||||||
> Well first of all, the CHIPS Act was not "axed", it is federal law passed by an overwhelming bipartisan majority of the House and Senate. It would take a complete reversal of congress to repeal it and it's still very popular among both parties. DOGE cut basically all staff from the CHIPS Program Office, congress passed the money but Trump is choosing to turn it into a slush-fund the admin spends on industrial policy (such as buying a stake in Intel). Wolfspeed went into bankruptcy in part because the admin delayed CHIPS funding agreed by the previous admin [1] (it's unclear whether they received the grant now that they have left it). [1] https://www.ft.com/content/4aac09f9-19df-401a-9ab3-ef14a47bb... | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | petcat a day ago | parent [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
Once again, where do you get your information from? The only thing that doesn't exist anymore is DOGE itself. https://wtop.com/government/2025/11/doge-quietly-disbands-8-... | ||||||||||||||||||||
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