Opinion
Don’t buy DOGE’s fraud-is-everywhere fantasy
It’s chintzy rhetorical cover for an effort to slash legitimate spending and close or decimate useful federal agencies.
Poynter12h
DOGE didn’t ‘discover’ $2.7 trillion in improper payments in Medicare and Medicaid overseas
The nonpartisan US Government Accountability Office did, in March 2024, and the estimate includes all federal agencies since 2003 ...
Watchdogs probe DOGE’s access to Treasury payments system, Musk’s fraud allegations
The Government Accountability Office and Treasury Department inspector general both said they were probing access to the ...
Former GAO Chief: DOGE Should Look At COVID Payments, I Wouldn't Be Surprised If There Was A Trillion Dollars Of Fraud
The House subcommittee that bears the same acronym as Elon Musk's agency, DOGE, held its first hearing Wednesday. While members from both parties said they were focused on rooting out waste and fraud, ...
DOGE won’t be enough to right fiscal course
While efforts under the guise of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have generated a lot of ...
DOGE accessing ‘the motherlode’ of Americans’ private IRS data raises serious questions. We’ve got answers.
The data system DOGE wants access to includes people’s bank account information, Social Security numbers — and whether they’re under investigation by the IRS.
MIT Technology Review12d
These documents are influencing the DOGE-sphere’s agenda
Six program areas account for 85% of improper federal payments, according to the GAO: Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment ...
Treasury inspector general will investigate DOGE payments access
Two government watchdogs will investigate the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to sensitive Treasury payments ...
Despite DOGE budget cut crusade, Trump has already spent $10.7 million of taxpayer money on golf trips: report
Despite DOGE budget cut crusade, Trump has already spent $10.7 million of taxpayer money on golf trips: report - Since being ...
PBS8d
Musk’s DOGE needs to be ‘much more transparent’ in spending cuts, former GAO head says
The House subcommittee that bears the same acronym as Elon Musk's agency, DOGE, held its first hearing Wednesday. While members from both parties said they were focused on rooting out waste and fraud, ...