The Needle: DOGE Wasted $21 Billion, Senate Committee Finds, ICE Agents Eligible for Student Loan Forgiveness, And Trump’s NPS Will Reinstall Confederate General Statue

• Predictable: To comply with convicted felon and President Donald Trump’s executive order to beautify D.C. and reinstate statues, the National Park Service will reinstall the statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate Army brigadier general who some say was instrumental in the founding of the Ku Klux Klan. Protesters brought down the statue in 2020 during the summer of protests following George Floyd’s death. Minus one point for honoring a racist. -1 [NBC Washington, Post] • Infuriating: New ICE agents qualify for student loan forgiveness and repayment plans under a new announcement from the Trump administration, which is seeking to revoke those same options for employees of nonprofits that work with transgender youth, those that provide legal services to undocumented immigrants, and others t