DOGE Vowed $2 Trillion in Savings…Audits Found $1 to $7 Billion…May Have Cost $21.7 Billion
The Department of Government Efficiency promised Americans up to $2 trillion in federal savings.

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The Department of Government Efficiency promised Americans up to $2 trillion in federal savings.
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The Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk, has already fired approximately 2,400 employees from the Department of Veterans Affairs and is…
President Trump claimed on Truth Social that “THE UNITED STATES TRADE DEFICIT HAS BEEN REDUCED BY 78% BECAUSE OF THE TARIFFS.
The Trump administration froze $16 billion in federal funding for the Gateway Hudson Tunnel Project in October 2025, then in early February 2026, offered…
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Candace Owens released leaked audio from a Turning Point USA staff meeting that took place roughly eleven days after founder Charlie Kirk’s assassination…
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A 13-year-old boy was slashed across the neck by a stranger while walking on a boardwalk in what authorities describe as an unprovoked attack that has…
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