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DOGE touts billions in canceled government contracts. Where are the numbers coming from?
The DOGE website’s estimated savings includes workforce reductions and other changes that aren’t detailed. The webpage listed about 1,100 contracts the department says it has terminated, as of Feb. 20 ...
DOGE said it canceled a nearly $1M grant for alpaca farming in Peru. Here's what we know
The Inter-American Foundation supported a project for alpaca farmers in Peru in 2023 but the grant was smaller than the one ...
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Fact check: Did White House pay Politico?
according to USASpending.gov. For example, $44,000 of the payments to Politico came from USAID for subscriptions to E&E, an energy and environment publication that is paywalled, in 2023 and 2024 ...
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USAID funding explained: What’s at risk under Trump?
What’s the top-line number? USAID regularly reports its figures to USASpending which show how much it spent in the fiscal year that ended in September 2024. That data shows it channels most of ...