An in-depth new report from Politico determined that the Department of Government Efficiency (aka DOGE) has actually saved far less than it's claimed. So, despite spending the last six months cancelling research grants, federal contracts, and firing federal employees across the country, DOGE has fallen far behind the savings promised by Elon Musk.
So far, DOGE has claimed $205 billion in total savings since President Donald Trump's inauguration, according to its public " wall of receipts ."
However, Politico reports that the wall of receipts is sorely lacking in, well, some important receipts.
DOGE claims it has saved taxpayers $52.8 billion from canceled contracts, but Politico could only verify $32.7 billion worth of contracts. What's worse is that, per Politico, the actual, tangi