NPR- A new NPR analysis has found that the Department of Government Efficiency has tried to cut at least 40 agencies and groups in recent weeks. The analysis found that DOGE has targeted contracts and spending based on policy disagreements, rather than solely on waste, fraud, or abuse.
DOGE has tried to reach out to places that are not government agencies, like the private nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice and the independent Corporation for Public Broadcasting, NPR’s Stephen Fowler says. These agencies have said no to DOGE’s requests. There have been over a dozen lawsuits filed related to DOGE efforts at these small organizations that say it’s not legal. Many of the agencies were created by Congress, with nearly all of them having funding and functions spelled out by law, in some cases explicitly limiting the president’s power.
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