US EditionDOGE flops, Trump and Musk's spending soars above Biden's
- Over 1,300 workers from the Department of Education were terminated, resulting in a 50% workforce reduction.
- Federal worker unions, including the National Treasury Employees Union, are prepared to fight the layoffs, claiming the terminations threaten the foundation of the government.
- Experts argue that the firings and rehirings will result in costs upward of $135 billion in lost productivity this fiscal year.
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'Gimmicky and populist': Reform's 'Doge' cuts won't fix bankrupt councils, say experts
Council bosses have been warned to prepare for a wave of “war on waste” cuts if Reform UK makes major gains at this week’s local elections in England.Nigel Farage has vowed to be Britain’s Elon Musk, promising a Doge-style initiative to eradicate frivolous spending by “fat and lazy” local authorities that are “taking taxpayers for mugs”.Posing with a chainsaw, Musk has been leading US President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency …
How the DOGE of the Trump administration plans to continue without Elon Musk in the lead
In Tesla’s results presentation on Tuesday, April 22, the company’s owner, Elon Musk, announced that his participation in the U.S. Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE) will likely be “significantly” reduced as of May. The tycoon, who has been unemployed as the leader of the agency dedicated to the budget cut of the Donald Trump administration, added that he would continue to work on DOGE “as long as the president wishes.”
What Elon Musk didn’t budget for: Firing workers costs money, too - West Hawaii Today
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Elon Musk promised taxpayers big savings, maybe even a “DOGE dividend” check in their mailboxes, when the Department of Government Efficiency was let loose on the federal government. Now, as he prepares to step back from his presidential assignment to cut bureaucratic fat, Musk has said without providing details that DOGE is likely to save taxpayers only $150 billion.
100 days of DOGE: What Elon Musk has achieved and what comes next
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency claims to have saved billions of dollars. It has cut costs in some places, but in other areas it has exaggerated its success. What is the future of Musk and DOGE in the Trump orbit?
DOGE's deepest cuts to federal jobs are still to come — with or without Elon Musk
Elon Musk is spearheading DOGE's efforts to cut the federal workforce.Samuel Corum/Getty ImagesElon Musk said he'd soon be pulling away from the White House's DOGE office to focus on Tesla.Though he's been known for his chainsaw approach to firing federal workers, deeper cuts are still to come.The first round faced legal challenges, but DOGE has a path to making the next set of reductions stick.Elon Musk said he's backing away from DOGE in May, …
DOGE fails and Trump and Musk’s spending shoots above Biden’s
The Department of Government Efficiency, the famous DOGE, was conceived as a surgical machine capable of eliminating every inefficiency corner of the U.S. federal system. Its promoter, Trump himself, claimed that Elon Musk, executive director of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of the social media platform X, was the perfect man to cut waste. And Musk, as he could not be otherwise, accepted the challenge with enthusiasm. He promised a historic pruning…
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