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A Year After Trump’s DOGE Cuts, Workers Whose Lives Were Upended Question What Was Saved
DOGE claimed $215 billion savings after cutting over 260,000 federal jobs, but legal battles and rehiring complicate the actual impact on government efficiency.
- On this one-year anniversary, former United States Institute of Peace workers remain in legal limbo following the March 28, 2025, mass firing by Department of Government Efficiency staffers that upended their careers.
- President Donald Trump tasked then-adviser Elon Musk with eliminating federal waste, triggering rapid job cuts so sweeping that Cabinet secretaries later rehired about 25,000 employees deemed essential after wrongful termination.
- While federal agencies reported saving about $215 billion, Brookings Institution fellow Elaine Kamarck found the chaotic approach necessitated rehiring dismissed workers, estimating actual savings between $100 billion and $200 billion.
- More than a dozen lawsuits currently challenge DOGE actions across grant cancellations, mass firings, and program closures, while former operations manager Thea Price said the experience was "complete destruction."
- In an interview with conservative influencer Katie Miller, Musk admitted his efforts were only "somewhat successful" last December and said he would not repeat the aggressive efficiency campaign.
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A year after Trump's DOGE cuts, workers whose lives were upended ask what was saved
A year after federal employees were hit by the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts through the Department of Government Efficiency, it remains unclear what the agency saved.
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A year after Trump's DOGE cuts, workers whose lives were upended question what was saved
A year after federal employees were hit by the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts through the Department of Government Efficiency, it remains unclear what the agency saved.
·United States
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VanguardiaThea Price predicted that there would be changes in President Donald Trump's second administration, but never expected his life to be plunged into such disorder.
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