US government paid federal employees $9.5bn not to work amid Doge cuts - report
GAO report shows how use paid administrative leave rose by 435% from 2023 to 2025 and incurred a sixfold cost. The US government paid federal workers $9.5bn no…


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GAO report shows how use paid administrative leave rose by 435% from 2023 to 2025 and incurred a sixfold cost. The US government paid federal workers $9.5bn no…

The General Services Administration is hiring "approximately 400 positions," according to an internal email viewed by WIRED. Last year the agency lost thousand…

'virtually unlimited supply of Medium and Upper Medium Grade Munitions'

The Senate voted 51-50 on Tuesday to move forward a White House-backed $9 billion spending cut bill that would slash foreign aid and funding for the parent ent…

'a NO BRAINER'
'Very adamant about these DOGE cuts'

The White House's Department of Government Efficiency has cut funding for about $1 billion worth of USDA programs.
A judge is blocking the Trump administration and Elon Musk's DOGE from carrying out sweeping layoffs at over a dozen agencies - at least for now.

Defense and immigration spending and continued strain on Social Security and Medicare have added $196 billion to the deficit in the fiscal year so far.
The IRS, hit by the Trump administration's federal workforce cuts, has lost 31% of its auditors through March, government watchdog finds.

Shares of Tesla entered Monday down more than 34% year to date, and the stock has been cut nearly in half from its peak in December.

The White House would have broad power to decide what agencies stay open if funding lapses.
American Airlines now sees a much bigger Q1 loss, and Southwest said less government travel hurt revenue.
Republicans could pivot to a process that would provide legal backing to DOGE's ambitious cost-cutting campaign, but could expose them to public scrutiny from…
A new report from Wired says that the Department of Government Efficiency's takeover of the federal bureaucracy is "worse than you think." Brian Barrett, the a…

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