Here are the five biggest controversies so far. Perhaps no single DOGE-related furor has captured ... as Congress has not appropriated funding for that long or for the purpose of a buyout.

It’s time to root out zombie initiatives that continue to receive funding long after their usefulness has faded.

Though billionaire Elon Musk led DOGE's mass firings and ran roughshod over wide swaths of the federal government, little is ...

Even though the billionaire is no longer leading the Department of Government Efficiency effort, many key staffers — and DOGE ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The $9 billion rescissions package is a tiny fraction of the amount of cuts DOGE was meant to make. Even that might not make it through Congress.

FEMA is scrambling to face hurricane season amid funding cuts by DOGE. Also, The Atlantic dug into the "secret history" of ...

President Trump said DOGE's work is "not finished at all" after his relationship with Elon Musk blew up in spectacular fashion last week.

From a photo of what appears to be marijuana in a trash bin, to rat infestations and graffiti, DOGE’s brief and controversial ...