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DOGE’s alleged cost-cutting achievements included a few extra zeroes.
The Department of Government Efficiency website misstated its cost-savings for the federal government by several billion dollars before revising the error, The New York Times reports. The Times found that a contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was initially listed at $8 billion in a government database, but was updated to $8 million in January, shortly before it was terminated. While DOGE updated the number, it didn’t acknowledge the initial error.
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