Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort to cut trillions in federal spending has doubled its own spending budget in recent days.
A government website meant to capture wasteful spending identified by the administration led to a blank web template until it was shuttered, and the identities and actions of most DOGE employees and volunteers are unknown to the public.
There’s already a government office dedicated to analyzing government spending, the General Accountability Office, and the Trump administration has removed scores of inspectors general at various agencies that often assist in investigating waste and fraud.
In fact, our actions — we post our actions to the DOGE handle on X and to the DOGE website,” Musk said Tuesday.
DOGE claims it is saving government $1 billion per day.
