Trump’s Cuts Are Hammering Virginia in an Election Year - MSN

The Trump 2.0 enterprise is already conducting a really big gamble with its three-pronged smash-and-grab assault on the federal government via Elon Musk’s DOGE, Russell Vought’s OMB, and ... Read More

Ground Game: DOGE cuts tested, Trump and NATO, the 2028 presidential race

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White House squeezes Senate holdouts to pass DOGE cuts

Russ Vought, the White House budget chief, will visit Capitol Hill on Tuesday to discuss his request to cancel $9.4 billion in spending. Read More

How Trump's DOGE Cuts Could Backfire on GOP in Virginia ... - Newsweek

President Donald Trump's cuts to the federal bureaucracy could upend Virginia's gubernatorial race, set to be held this year.. Why It Matters. Virginia, home to more than 140,000 federal employees ... Read More

Scorecard: How Musk and DOGE could end up costing more than they save - CNN

Max Stier, CEO of the Partnership for Public Service, has estimated in a back-of-the-envelope way that DOGE cuts could end up costing the US $135 billion simply because it will need to retrain and ... Read More

The Moving Goal Posts in Musk’s DOGE Cuts - The New York Times

The way Elon Musk tells it, cutting government spending is easy. “If you add competence and caring, you’ll cut the budget deficit in half,” he declared in the Oval Office in February. Read More

Even with DOGE cuts, the US has spent $166 billion more than last year

Trump on Wednesday asked House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) to allow tax rates to go up on filers earning more than $2.5 million a year in taxable income, which would lower the cost of the ... Read More

DOGE says it has saved $160 billion. Those cuts have cost ... - CBS News

Why Elon Musk is stepping back from Trump's DOGE team as Tesla profits drop 02:13. Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, says it has saved $160 billion through its push to root ... Read More

US job cuts up 47% in May, DOGE remains leading cause of layoffs | Fox ...

Layoffs increased by nearly 50% in May compared with last year, as DOGE was cited as the leading cause of 284,044 job cuts in 2025 so far, representing about 40% of cuts. Fox Business Personal Finance ... Read More

What is rescission, the process Congress will use to make Trump's DOGE ...

Breaking down Trump's 2026 budget plan 05:54. Washington — The White House is expected to send Congress a rescissions package in the coming days, looking to claw back congressionally approved ... Read More