Jun 16, 2025

🔪DOGE Slashes Agency Budgets

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In mid-February 2025, Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency cut USAID and Education Department funding by 35 percent to rein in spending.

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Cuts threatened programs serving millions of students and foreign-aid recipients.

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Raises questions about Congressional oversight limits on executive spending cuts.

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58 percent of surveyed voters disapproved of federal program cuts, per AP-NORC.

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Roughly how many federal jobs had DOGE cut by mid-February 2025, according to Reuters tracking?

Which cabinet-level department announced almost half its staff would be laid off under DOGE directives?

Reuters estimated Education’s spending alone would drop by roughly how much in FY 2025 after DOGE cuts?

Which watchdog group filed suit claiming DOGE violated civil-service protections by “ideological” layoffs?

An AP-NORC poll found what share of Americans disapproved of the broad agency cuts two weeks after they began?

What percentage cut did DOGE announce for USAID’s global health budget line?

What earlier U.S. downsizing effort do analysts most often compare DOGE to?

The Guardian described Musk’s cost-cutting “chainsaw” rhetoric as what in practice?

Which cloud-based “centralized payment system” did Trump’s February 26 EO task DOGE with rolling out?

Which practical step can citizens take if delayed tax refunds are linked to IRS staffing cuts?

Critics warn DOGE’s AI “hostility” monitor risks violating which 1978 law protecting federal employees’ politics?

Which agency topped DOGE’s own “Efficiency Leaderboard” months after the cuts?

Credit-rating firm Fitch warned DOGE cuts could slow which federal payment pipeline, rattling contractors?

After Education layoffs, FAFSA processing times reportedly jumped from 3 weeks to about…

PolitiFact rated Musk’s claim of \$2 trillion savings as…

Which Senate appropriations subcommittee held the first oversight hearing grilling DOGE officials?

Civil-liberties experts worry DOGE’s AI tool could create an illegal “enemies list,” echoing abuses from which 1970s scandal?

Which rating agency said slower federal invoice payments could ripple into small-business bankruptcies?

Policymakers say DOGE’s \$18 B certified savings equal roughly what fraction of the annual deficit?

Which online tool lets citizens track DOGE-reported savings agency by agency?

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Detailed Content

Roughly how many federal jobs had DOGE cut by mid-February 2025, according to Reuters tracking?

Which cabinet-level department announced almost **half** its staff would be laid off under DOGE directives?

Reuters estimated Education’s spending alone would drop by roughly how much in FY 2025 after DOGE cuts?

Which watchdog group filed suit claiming DOGE violated civil-service protections by “ideological” layoffs?

An AP-NORC poll found what share of Americans **disapproved** of the broad agency cuts two weeks after they began?

What percentage cut did DOGE announce for USAID’s global health budget line?

What earlier U.S. downsizing effort do analysts most often compare DOGE to?

The Guardian described Musk’s cost-cutting “chainsaw” rhetoric as what in practice?

Which cloud-based “centralized payment system” did Trump’s February 26 EO task DOGE with rolling out?

Which practical step can citizens take if delayed tax refunds are linked to IRS staffing cuts?

Critics warn DOGE’s AI “hostility” monitor risks violating which 1978 law protecting federal employees’ politics?

Which agency topped DOGE’s own “Efficiency Leaderboard” months after the cuts?

Credit-rating firm Fitch warned DOGE cuts could slow which federal payment pipeline, rattling contractors?

After Education layoffs, FAFSA processing times reportedly jumped from 3 weeks to about…

PolitiFact rated Musk’s claim of \$2 trillion savings as…

Which Senate appropriations subcommittee held the first oversight hearing grilling DOGE officials?

Civil-liberties experts worry DOGE’s AI tool could create an illegal “enemies list,” echoing abuses from which 1970s scandal?

Which rating agency said slower federal invoice payments could ripple into **small-business** bankruptcies?

Policymakers say DOGE’s \$18 B certified savings equal roughly what fraction of the annual deficit?

Which online tool lets citizens **track** DOGE-reported savings agency by agency?

Which cabinet-level department announced almost half its staff would be laid off under DOGE directives?

An AP-NORC poll found what share of Americans disapproved of the broad agency cuts two weeks after they began?

Which rating agency said slower federal invoice payments could ripple into small-business bankruptcies?

Which online tool lets citizens track DOGE-reported savings agency by agency?