DOGE is not merely “recommending areas where fraud/waste/abuse” can be cut:
Firing and then trying to rehire nuclear safety employees: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o.amp
Firing employees at the CDC and other health agencies: https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/17/nx...
(But not the “disease detectives” as originally reported: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/cdc-disease-detectives-doge...)
Laying off IRS employees: https://www.axios.com/2025/02/20/irs-layoffs-trump-doge
A list of cuts and firings: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2025/02/a-co...
Additionally, many of the claims by Musk and others being made about the agencies being cut are false: https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/02/19/here-are...