DOGE Worked? Only If You Grade on a Curve.
Cutting the number of federal employees wasn't the disaster that many critics fretted about, but that wasn't the metric for success.
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Once Recession-Proof, D.C. Feels the Pain From Federal Workforce Reductions
Formerly tax-supported workers are discovering the uncertainties the private sector faces every day.
The Trump Administration Paid Federal Workers $9.5 Billion To Skip Work
How's that for efficiency?
ICE Reportedly Lowered Its Standards To Meet Trump's Hiring Goal
Trump has criticized DEI initiatives for lowering hiring standards. A whistleblower now says ICE did that on purpose.
Virginia Democrats' Push for Mandatory Government Unions Is Not an 'Affordability' Agenda
The legislation would almost certainly lead to a higher cost of living in the form of substantial tax increases.
The Federal Workforce Will Be a Little Smaller After the Government Shutdown Ends
We’ll take less government however we can get it.
White House Proposal To Withhold Back Pay From Federal Workers Is More Rhetoric Than Reform
A new White House budget memo frames shutdown furlough pay withholdings as fiscal restraint, but the budgetary impact is minimal—the greater effect may be expanding executive control over the federal bureaucracy.
Gift to Trump
Plus: Robert Munsch chooses Canadian healthcare, Argentina in trouble, ignoring Greta, and more...
ICE's Tricked-Out Trucks Might Boost Recruitment, but They Won't Make America Any Safer
The agency has spent millions of taxpayer dollars on custom SUVs, trucks, and recruitment ads.
