Musk's DOGE cancels 180 federal contracts, saves $2.6 billion

By lauraharris // 2025-04-20

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Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has eliminated $3.3 billion in federal contracts, delivering immediate taxpayer savings of $2.6 billion. Total savings to date: $155 billion (nearly $1,000 per taxpayer) via canceled leases, regulatory rollbacks, fraud crackdowns and asset sales.
Audits identified and cut contracts related to DEI initiatives and gender-related programs, including $36,000 DHS DEI workshops, $1 million SSA "Gender X Initiative," $4 million DOL DEI training and multiple USDA diversity consultants (230K–230K–1M).
DOGE operates with radical transparency, deploying Silicon Valley analysts to uncover fraud and waste. It also exposed misuse of funds across agencies like IRS, FEMA, USAID and OPM—despite 11 lawsuits alleging privacy violations.
Critics claim DOGE illegally accessed sensitive data (tax records, student loans, security clearances), citing the Privacy Act of 1974, but then supporters argue it's exposing systemic waste, achieving more than "decades of congressional hearings."
Trump hails DOGE as a historic government overhaul, vowing deeper audits, while officials call recent cuts "just the beginning," signaling more aggressive reforms ahead.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), spearheaded by tech billionaire Elon Musk under President Donald Trump, has successfully axed 180 federal contracts with a total ceiling value of $3.3 billion, delivering immediate taxpayer savings of $2.6 billion. According to a senior administration official, DOGE has worked with agencies such as the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Labor (DOL) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to identify and eliminate unnecessary spending on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and gender-related programs. The department, which Trump has likened to the "Manhattan Project of government efficiency," canceled wasteful government contracts, including:

$36,000 DHS contract for DEI workshops
$1 million SSA contract for the "Gender X Initiative," which allowed for a "non-binary" gender marker on public applications
$1 million USDA contract for a diversity communications campaign targeting agricultural professionals
$375,000 U.S. Forest Service contract for DEI and onboarding services, plus a $30,000 contract for a "Central America Gender Assessment Consultant"
$230,000 USDA contract for "Brazil forest and gender consultant services"
$4 million DOL contract for DEI training in its Jobs Corps program
$100,000 EPA contract for a Gartner HR subscription covering "diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility" research

"Taxpayer dollars will no longer be wasted on nonsense," the senior administration official said on April 16. (Related: DOGE freezes all funding to the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).

DOGE's total savings to date: $155 billion

Overall, the DOGE.gov website has revealed that the agency's total savings have reached $155 billion, nearly $1,000 per U.S. taxpayer, through a combination of canceled leases, regulatory rollbacks, fraud crackdowns and asset sales. Since its creation via executive order when Trump took office, DOGE has operated under a radical transparency mandate, deploying teams of data analysts, many with Silicon Valley backgrounds, to audit and expose fraud, waste and abuse of taxpayer dollars across federal agencies. In line with this, at least 11 lawsuits allege DOGE unlawfully accessed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) taxpayer records, student loan data, federal job applicants' background checks, classified USAID security clearances and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster victim details. The lawsuits cite the Privacy Act of 1974, which was enacted post-Watergate to restrict federal data misuse. But despite the relentless lawsuits, DOGE has already achieved more in months than decades of congressional hearings. While critics cry foul, the American people are finally seeing where their tax dollars really go and who profits from the status quo. Moreover, the White House shows no signs of scaling back DOGE's mission. A senior DOGE official even stated that recent contract cancellations are "just the beginning," with further contract audits and agency reviews planned. Critics could not even deny the fact that its impact is already visible through renegotiated leases, terminated contracts and other cost-saving measures aligning with Trump's push to reduce bureaucratic waste and improve efficiency. Visit BigGovernment.news for stories similar to this. Watch the video below that talks about Democrats freaking out over DOGE.

This video is from the Son of the Republic channel on Brighteon.com.

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DOGE's total savings to date: $155 billion

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