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Are $5,000 DOGE stimulus checks still happening? Trump fundraiser emails teases it
The potential refund would be sent only to households that are net-income taxpayers — people who pay more in taxes than they ...
DOGE says it has saved $160 billion. Those cuts have cost taxpayers $135 billion, one analysis says.
The push by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to slash federal funding will cost taxpayers money, nonpartisan ...
DOGE abruptly cuts AmeriCorps workers, leaving Upstate nonprofit organizations scrambling
Workers were notified in a late-night email that the Trump administration had slashed their jobs and told 'don't show up for ...
DOGE targets US foreign aid agency created under first Trump administration
DOGE has descended on the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, one of the last remaining foreign aid agencies ...
Most Americans don't think DOGE has actually cut government waste, poll says
In a new Washington Post-ABC-Ipsos poll, only 32% of US adults said government fraud had declined since January, while 34% ...
DOGE cuts hit San Jose State, UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco. Researcher says: ‘I don’t know that they understood what I was doing’
Scuttled grants typically have a perceived connection to issues President Donald Trump has attacked, expert says.
'People are going to get hurt': What proposed DOGE cuts could mean for NOAA's weather buoys
The CORMP program operated out of UNCW manages nine buoys off coastal N.C. But the program could be forced to shut down due ...
DOGE could help Musk firms avoid $2.3B in government penalties, Democrats say
"Since his appointment, Mr. Musk has taken a chainsaw to the federal government with no apparent regard for the law or for ...
DOGE’s efforts to trim federal budget cost nearly as much as it has claimed to save
A study found that DOGE's efforts to trim the federal budget appear to cost nearly as much as the agency claims to have saved ...