The Department of Government Efficiency has claimed several high-profile victories over the past week as it continues to push ...
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has implemented sweeping spending cuts across federal departments.
President Trump has floated the idea of giving taxpayers a $5,000 refund check as a dividend from savings created by DOGE.
Elon Musk has pledged that DOGE would provide “maximum transparency,” but its accounting raises questions about the ...
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has targeted federal agencies like USAID, CFPB, and NOAA to reduce government ...
Fiscal watchdog group OpenTheBooks says federal agency spending has far outpaced the rate of government growth, including a ...
Eliminating all federal workers would reduce total spending by 5%, whereas people paid by the government who work for private businesses is three times larger.
The US government currently has ~4.6M active credit cards/accounts, which processed ~90M unique transactions for  ~$40B of ...
Agencies self identify billions in improper payments. Doing something about it is the hard part.
People whose government contracts have been cited by Musk as examples of waste and fraud raised red flags about his claims ...
DOGE claims that it has saved an estimated $55 billion in federal spending so far, but a review of the itemized savings posted on its website only accounts for about $16 billion in savings.
Other efforts have appeared less impactful on the federal balance sheet ... which makes up a miniscule portion of government spending. Some DOGE moves might end up costing the government more ...