A real war on fraud
A Vice President-led task force and a new DOJ fraud division are going after theft from federal programs, and CMS is canceling 315,000 unauthorized Obamacare enrollments, expecting to recoup about $2.2 billion.
Government Reform & Waste
A smaller, leaner government that guards the money it spends.
13 wins
DOGE says it saved $215 billion
The administration says its efficiency push saved about $215 billion, roughly $1,335 per taxpayer, and ended tens of thousands of wasteful contracts.
Washington trims its own payroll
The White House says the federal civilian workforce has shrunk to its lowest level since 1966.
4.3 million fewer on food stamps
Restored work requirements for able-bodied adults and the removal of ineligible recipients cut SNAP rolls by more than 4.3 million.
USAID shuts its doors
The administration closed USAID and the U.S. Institute of Peace, ending funding for programs it called wasteful or ideological.
Red tape cut 129-to-1
Agencies have killed 129 regulations for every new one, a push the administration projects will save the economy $1.5 trillion in fiscal 2026.
Cleaning up Social Security's records
Breitbart reports, citing a Social Security Administration release dated Oct. 20, that the agency added about 17 million death dates and updated about 25 million citizenship records.
Pay for tips that catch fraud
On Oct. 20 the administration announced a $25 million Justice Department program that pays whistleblowers up to $30,000 for tips on fraud against federal programs.
NPR and PBS defunded
Congress passed President Trump's package to cancel $9 billion in spending, including funding for NPR and PBS.
Social Security picks up the phone
The Social Security Administration answered 65% more calls and cut average answer times to single-digit minutes.
Federal retirement leaves the mine
The government automated federal retirement processing that had relied on paper records stored in an underground mine.
Goodbye to the 3.69-cent penny
Treasury stopped minting the penny, which cost 3.69 cents each to make.
The JFK files, unredacted
The administration released the JFK assassination records without redactions, plus troves on RFK and Martin Luther King Jr.