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2 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Emily Badger |Aatish Bhatia |Asmaa Elkeurti |Steven Rich |Ethan Singer
The Trump administration's threat to block Harvard from enrolling international students would remove more than a quarter of the university's student body, a share large enough to rock its campus and, potentially, its tuition revenue. The move, frozen within 24 hours on Friday by a federal judge, also highlights the risk other universities face from an administration that has shown deep hostility toward higher education.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
mahoningmatters.com | Emily Badger |Aatish Bhatia |Josh Katz |Margot Sanger-Katz |Ethan Singer |NYT Washington
Elon Musk and his team of budget cutters have claimed credit for billions of dollars in canceled government contracts. But their initiative, the Department of Government Efficiency, has so far barely touched the biggest sources of contract spending in the federal budget. The narrow focus has meant DOGE’s impact on the federal budget has been narrow, too.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
news.nestia.com | Emily Badger |Aatish Bhatia |Josh Katz |Margot Sanger-Katz
The Big Government Contracts DOGE Hasn’t Touched By not targeting major sources of spending like defense, the group has had a minimal impact on the federal budget so far but a big effect on many small companies. By Emily Badger , Aatish Bhatia , Josh Katz , Margot Sanger-Katz and Ethan Singer March 4, 2025 Elon Musk and his team of budget cutters have claimed credit for billions of dollars in canceled government contracts.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Emily Badger |Aatish Bhatia |Josh Katz |Margot Sanger-Katz |Ethan Singer
Elon Musk and his team of budget cutters have claimed credit for billions of dollars in canceled government contracts. But their initiative, the Department of Government Efficiency, has so far barely touched the biggest sources of contract spending in the federal budget. This narrow focus has meant DOGE's impact on the federal budget has been narrow, too.
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Feb 25, 2025 | 
staradvertiser.com | David Fahrenthold |Aatish Bhatia |Margot Sanger-Katz |Emily Badger
Last week, Elon Musk’s government cost-slashing initiative, dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency, posted an online “wall of receipts,” celebrating how much it had saved by canceling federal contracts. Now the organization, which is also known as the U.S. DOGE Service, has deleted all of the five biggest “savings” on that original list, after The New York Times and other media outlets pointed out they were riddled with errors.
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Feb 25, 2025 | 
mahoningmatters.com | David Fahrenthold |Aatish Bhatia |Margot Sanger-Katz |Emily Badger |Ethan Singer |Josh Katz | +1 more
Last week, Elon Musk’s government cost-slashing initiative, which he calls the Department of Government Efficiency, posted an online “wall of receipts,” celebrating how much it had saved by canceling federal contracts. Now the organization, which is also known as the U.S. DOGE Service, has deleted all of the five biggest “savings” on that original list, after The New York Times and other media outlets pointed out they were riddled with errors.
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Feb 25, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | David Fahrenthold |Aatish Bhatia |Margot Sanger-Katz |Emily Badger |Ethan Singer |Josh Katz
Last week, Elon Musk's government cost-slashing initiative, dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency, posted an online "wall of receipts," celebrating how much it had saved by canceling federal contracts. The last of the original top five disappeared from the site in the early hours of Tuesday, even as the group claimed in its latest update that its savings to date had increased to $65 billion.
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Feb 22, 2025 | 
bostonglobe.com | Aatish Bhatia |Emily Badger |David Fahrenthold |Josh Katz |Margot Sanger-Katz |Ethan Singer
Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency say they have saved the federal government $55 billion through staff reductions, lease cancellations and a long list of terminated contracts published online this week as a “wall of receipts.” President Donald Trump has been celebrating the published savings, even musing about a proposal to mail checks to all Americans to reimburse them with a “DOGE dividend.” But the math that could back up those checks is marred with accounting errors,...
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Feb 22, 2025 | 
telegraphindia.com | Aatish Bhatia |Emily Badger |David Fahrenthold |Josh Katz |Margot Sanger-Katz |Ethan Singer
President Donald Trump has been celebrating the published savings, even musing about a proposal to mail checks to all Americans to reimburse them with a 'DOGE dividend' Aatish Bhatia, Emily Badger, David A.
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Feb 21, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Aatish Bhatia |Emily Badger |David Fahrenthold |Josh Katz |Margot Sanger-Katz |Ethan Singer
Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency say they have saved the federal government $55 billion through staff reductions, lease cancellations and a long list of terminated contracts published online this week as a " wall of receipts." President Trump has been celebrating the published savings, even musing about a proposal to mail checks to all Americans to reimburse them with a "DOGE dividend." But the math that could back up those checks is marred with accounting errors,...
