DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit Cards
The restrictions are already in place at the General Services Administration along with several other agencies. Soon they’ll ...
US labor market stable; hit from federal government belt tightening awaited
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased moderately last week, suggesting that the ...
US labor market stable, disruptions feared from federal government layoffs
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased moderately last week, suggesting that the ...
Viktor Shvets on what DOGE Is Getting Wrong on US Government Spending
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Where US adults think the government is spending too much, according to new poll
On both sides of the political aisle, very few U.S. adults think the country is spending too much on Social Security and ...
Where US adults think the government is spending too much, according to
Many U.S. adults believe the federal government is overspending. But polling also shows many Americans, including Republicans ...
IRS fires 6,000 employees as Donald Trump, Elon Musk slash US government
A tearful executive at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service told staffers on Thursday that about 6,000 employees would be fired.
DOGE finds nearly $40 billion in spending linked to government-issued credit cards
The US government currently has ~4.6M active credit cards/accounts, which processed ~90M unique transactions for  ~$40B of spend in FY24,” read an X post from the cost-cutting initiative’s ...
U.S. government spending items have always been searchable. Why this time is different.
It took more than eight years for former Clinton administration adviser Elaine Kamarck to cut approximately 426,000 jobs, ...