{"id":133300,"date":"2026-08-06T22:19:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T22:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/06\/gao-finds-elon-musks-doge-inflated-claims-of-110-billion-in-savings-for-federal-government-cnbc\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T22:19:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T22:19:52","slug":"gao-finds-elon-musks-doge-inflated-claims-of-110-billion-in-savings-for-federal-government-cnbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/06\/gao-finds-elon-musks-doge-inflated-claims-of-110-billion-in-savings-for-federal-government-cnbc\/","title":{"rendered":"GAO finds Elon Musk&#8217;s DOGE inflated claims of $110 billion in savings for federal government &#8211; CNBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxOYUF4U3Z1VWlERGpNcXNZZmVrN2hwaXJTZjVsWm95c0M3bWR4cTJ0eFhzMlZpenhPVnZ6ZGQ2V1hoanFMLW8taE1pdXBVbXZVZnhaMURnSHVqekhieUxwNXljbDdFSm5KT01xd2MzZHZ3RW5RdEVwekd1MmVseGJsS3lR0gGHAUFVX3lxTE5wbXNCcmZTYXFOUEp1N1NJTENtUG1kcFExSVc4aU9PNzQtUHB6QUpUMXQ4T0dyeExhbXZVbGRKRmM3SWJBT3Bna1lFUFdTbTQ2Slp0eU1sQUVySTJWMTVfYUlaanNBMG83NFNJQU11THJXSEc3MzhvRHZmem1PV2dDOExKNXl3OA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">GAO finds Elon Musk&#8217;s DOGE inflated claims of $110 billion in savings for federal government<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/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\/CBMingFBVV95cUxPTWRiTDdueDBVVDlpQVJ5OUJpbTBXWVk5bUh2Ny14dFp2NUVBbmsyZjZ1Tjh1U0p4N1ppemZjbzY2UndNRmNCRGdxeWJPNlU1NW1fYzEzRndlV3EySEVZNzZuV0ZSbm1TSUpoZVJxMlFzZzJiTG54cTNEUEl6OW04RWxpWkh1WEg4cE5ZYlVDTHhrakxOMWJMclRjRm8yQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">DOGE overstated savings on federal \u2018receipts\u2019 website, auditors find<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP 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<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GAO finds Elon Musk&#8217;s DOGE inflated claims of $110 billion in savings for federal government&nbsp;&nbsp;CNBC Elon Musk\u2019s DOGE made big errors in claims of government&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/06\/gao-finds-elon-musks-doge-inflated-claims-of-110-billion-in-savings-for-federal-government-cnbc\/\" 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-133300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133300","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=133300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}