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Lawmakers see waste in DOGE’s ‘stupid’ $7B buyout costs
A new government report showing that the administration spent $7 billion paying staff not to work as it pushed its buyouts is sparking the latest round of scrutiny of President Trump’s DOGE era. A report from the Government Accountability…
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