Making DOGE Cuts Permanent Is Easier Said Than Done

DOGE Already Changing the Spending Process In Congress

Mick Mulvaney, The Hill From a fiscal conservative's perspective, it's fair to say at this point that the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has done some really good work. Sure,...

DOGE Cuts To USAID Needed Since Foreign Aid Often Hurts More Than It Helps

By Carrie Sheffield, The Daily Signal | March 12, 2025The new Trump administration is taking a cautious approach to foreign aid, seeking to ensure wise stewardship of every U.S. taxpayer dollar. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday on X that following a six-week review process, the federal government is cancelling 83% of U.S. Agency for International Development programs.“The 5,200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billio…

Making DOGE Cuts Permanent Is Easier Said Than Done

Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesIn a closed-door meeting last Thursday with USAID Deputy Administrator–designate Pete Marocco, Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) pushed back on some of the Trump administration’s claims about USAID’s work. The senator’s focus was on one claim specifically: the idea, pushed by Marocco, that less than a third of the budget for the global anti-AIDS program PEPFAR was going to life-saving care. Marocco, speaking with a g…