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The cost-cutting ethos of the Trump administration has inspired copycat initiatives across the country, giving new life to the Department of Government Efficiency and a way for aspiring Republicans to piggyback on its GOP popularity.

In both substance and branding, states are emulating DOGE’s pursuit of reforms to shrink the size of government. Governors and legislators have moved to consolidate agencies, update technology, and root out “waste, fraud, and abuse” with task forces that riff on the acrony

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