DOGE says it's now saved $65B in federal funds, but that's still impossible to verify

DOGE has updated its website to say it's slashed $65 billion in federal funding -- but they only provide records for $9.6 billion in savings from contract terminations.

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DOGE Cuts Hit Federal Workers Who Aren’t Funded by Taxpayers

Fees paid to agencies like the Food and Drug Administration and the FDIC fund part of their workforces, so cutting those jobs doesn’t save any tax money.
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‘She’s still waiting by the phone’: My grandmother gave her life savings to a man she met online. What now?

“Up until the moment she was scammed, we considered her the wealthy one in our family.”
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Trump says he's weighing giving 20% of DOGE savings to Americans

President Donald Trump revealed Wednesday that he's considering sending 20% of the money saved by the Department of Government Efficiency to Americans.
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OPM now says email survey to federal workforce is ‘voluntary’

NBC News Correspondents Vaughn Hillyard and Ken Dilanian explain the latest actions by Elon Musk’s DOGE commission as the Trump administration continues to reshape the federal workforce. NBC News ...
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DOGE's Musk says federal employees must document their work or resign

Some federal agencies, including the State and Defense Departments, told their employees not to respond to an email asking for a list of tasks they completed.
CBS News - 2d
Experts say 'impossible' for Sun and full Moon to align on horizon

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Who still makes the federal minimum wage of $7.25?

Some states have raised minimum wage for employees as the federal level has stayed at $7.25 an hour since 2009. The Trump administration has not signaled plans to boost the minimum wage, so what ...
NBC News - 5d
Lockdown saved my life, says woman with OCD

Alys-Mai, 22, says being able to stay in during lockdown helped her control her condition.
BBC News - Feb. 20
37 percent of contracts on DOGE list not expected to save any money

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has initiated the process to terminate roughly 1,125 government contracts, however 37 percent of those cancellations aren’t expected to yield any ...
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DOGE says it's now saved $65B in federal funds, but that's still impossible to verify

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DOGE Cuts Hit Federal Workers Who Aren’t Funded by Taxpayers

‘She’s still waiting by the phone’: My grandmother gave her life savings to a man she met online. What now?

Trump says he's weighing giving 20% of DOGE savings to Americans

OPM now says email survey to federal workforce is ‘voluntary’

DOGE's Musk says federal employees must document their work or resign

Experts say 'impossible' for Sun and full Moon to align on horizon

Who still makes the federal minimum wage of $7.25?

Lockdown saved my life, says woman with OCD

37 percent of contracts on DOGE list not expected to save any money

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