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Facing Painful Cuts, the V.A. Reported Dubious Savings to DOGE

The Department of Veterans Affairs claimed credit for canceling contracts that had not been canceled, and tallied savings unrelated to the cost-cutting efforts.

© Jason Andrew for The New York Times

Some of the cuts that the Department of Veterans Affairs reported to DOGE ran up the tally but often entailed little — or no — actual sacrifice.

Social Security Backs Off Listing Living Migrants as Dead

Instead, the agency is flagging as “unverified” the Social Security numbers of thousands of people who lost their temporary legal status.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

The original move to classify migrants as dead came as a team from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency rattled the Social Security Administration with a series of aggressive changes.
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