{"id":133176,"date":"2026-08-06T19:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T19:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/06\/doge-overstated-savings-government-watchdog-says-politico\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T19:19:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T19:19:00","slug":"doge-overstated-savings-government-watchdog-says-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/06\/doge-overstated-savings-government-watchdog-says-politico\/","title":{"rendered":"DOGE overstated savings, government watchdog says &#8211; Politico"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxQaTJvM2M1cFZLd0t5WXdJdWxFdFU0d3Z3YjhEUTdHRWN0MzRkc2Z1emp0THptYzV0SjQyanIxdXJVcUtPZzc1U0pkWnFqZGhiblo5V1hxaXozT19SR0htelZxcnd0MHlmYkRSMzRkbEI5RFpBVWxiV3c2Q0xiTTdkdTB6SzUtUFhERkMtM0JGMHRmRzQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">DOGE overstated savings, government watchdog says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxOSlZ3V0REMS1pNi1PbUp6Z0RWejYyR2VUd1dQODhBbkwyQ1I0SG56amRFWFpZUGdxOWR4NE5mVVNmTER2cDhpeGFUQUNTMENSTVNZamdMcTVkRV9rdkwzd3VhNS1HcHJRUWxUOHcyczlDb1JXR2RvblhxM3N3UWRaVTRGU293RlNNY1FVM1I3a3VpSFQ4S1BOWjlYaW9aVV90d3llMlNFNmxpMFQ0WWpTNnhFY2NzeXpQX0hiVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Elon Musk\u2019s DOGE made big errors in claims of government savings, GAO finds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxOa0dMeEtGa3N1RkxyNnY1T3ZtalhLS1lyZ1B5OHRTSVJSOFRWNzJxYTlqeHNjU1lEX2V0dHlZdzNZVE9xLUlhM25lYlBhUU11bUNLYlJZRWlNcjBkanFjVE1rVTVJOFNuYTg2a0Eyek91SGNhTGVCVk5qNTUtN3dtX2JCdHdUNnJKY1g2Q1l1NFNmMVg0dEtKcC13?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">DOGE&#8217;s &#8220;wall of receipts&#8221; riddled with inaccuracies and unsubstantiated claims, congressional watchdog says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CBS News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxNZ0owM0ZOODZfNTJqb2t6UnE4aEJSVHlsU082X3prVjhPM2oxLTIwdjdTTFVWWjFiQnVpQnZrb2VfTExkMWdOekUzQmg4cHFzZUlpeE5mQTRteW01M3J5NGlTSDRnTWt0TkpCR0UxQjhRd09hX3RYa1R4U0ZVa1c4dVRpU01nYjhBNHBieldyRHFKMWNHdlRF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Audit finds DOGE operation overstated its savings, \u2018did not accurately report actions\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">MS NOW<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTE1Ocm51TTI2S0dhSzJkSHZnM2l0TU51aWhkai1uMVltN0wwcTgweHB5OG9FTGZiMExNMmVTV2gyajFJc3VFeW9WVHhMSjNzbTg4MDFWVzRFbk9wdy1rNWluSnB3RTVTMWxTeGtycGN3ZWZGcDZPUmtEMzFUWlVNUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">DOGE claims of saving $110 billion are incorrect and unreliable, watchdog says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOGE overstated savings, government watchdog says&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico Elon Musk\u2019s DOGE made big errors in claims of government savings, GAO finds&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post DOGE&#8217;s &#8220;wall of receipts&#8221;&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/06\/doge-overstated-savings-government-watchdog-says-politico\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}