At least $241 million in taxpayer funds was spent on transgender surgeries and animal experiments, prompting a congressional lawmaker to question the rationale behind the expenditures. Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., on Wednesday, said spending millions on such treatments was “insane, right?” During a Feb. 6 House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing titled: “Transgender Lab
In a lawsuit filed on Monday, multiple taxpayer and union groups alleged Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) violated multiple laws in its quest to unearth and eliminate wasteful government spending. The groups claim DOGE launched a “sweeping campaign to access highly-sensitive information systems” and violated laws that limit executive power, protect civil servants,
By CHARLIE SPIERING, SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER, WASHINGTON, DC Published: 12:49 EST, 18 February 2025 | Updated: 14:09 EST, 18 February 2025 Elon Musk’s DOGE revealed Tuesday that President Donald Trump has saved taxpayers a staggering $55 billion in less than a month. It said the savings were found through a combination of detecting and deleting fraud,
The Department of Education (DOED) is pulling the plug on the use of taxpayer dollars to fund “divisive” and “inappropriate” training programs for educators, announcing hundreds of millions in cuts as the Trump administration cleans house on “wasteful” spending within the federal government. On Monday, the DOED announced the cancelation of $600 million dollars in
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, will soon have access to an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) system that contains sensitive taxpayer information, Fox News has learned. DOGE has requested access to the IRS Integrated Data Retrieval System, which allows IRS workers to view taxpayer accounts. Harrison Fields, the White House principal deputy press
Elon Musk’s DOGE is now turning its sights on the IRS and making an unprecedented push for access to highly sensitive financial data housed within the organization raising alarms over privacy, security, and government overreach. According to an explosive report from The Washington Post, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is requesting access to a
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday that his team has located $20 billion in tax dollars that the Biden administration purposely wasted. “An extremely disturbing video circulated two months ago, featuring a Biden EPA political appointee talking about how they were ‘tossing gold bars off the Titanic,’ rushing to get billions
DOGE backup: Trump’s latest executive order Fox News senior White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich shares President Donald Trump’s latest executive order to ‘significantly’ reduce the federal workforce on ‘Special Report.’ Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has dominated headlines during President Donald Trump’s second term. Nigel Farage, the Reform UK party leader who initiated Britain’s
Anti-animal testing advocates reported that more than $10 million in taxpayer funds have been used to fund scientific research that tests gender transition therapies in mice, causing fierce blowback from conservatives. South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace, an anti-trans crusader who used a transphobic slur in a House hearing this week, slammed the Biden administration for
$10 million in taxpayer funds were spent last year creating transgender animals, a study by White Coat Waste Project revealed. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-SC, laid out the misuse of taxpayer dollars funding “gender-affirming care” for animals during opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing on Thursday. The hearing, titled “Transgender Lab Rats and Poisoned Puppies: Oversight