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White House Claim of Finding $250 Billion in Fraud Uses Questionable Numbers

Par : Linda Qiu
The ledger used by a task force created by President Trump is difficult to verify and includes cases that were identified and went to trial during the Biden administration.

© Shelby Tauber for The New York Times

Some of the numbers Vice President JD Vance and his task force have promoted are either overstated or lack specificity.
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Unused Tents and Uneaten Food: Watchdog Finds ‘Waste’ in Immigration Crackdown

In a report Thursday, the Government Accountability Office said the Trump administration squandered millions of dollars to expand detention.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

U.S. forces erected a tent city at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to house migrants.
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Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort

As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.

© Julia Nikhinson for The New York Times

The federal civilian work force has shrunk by about 12 percent since President Trump returned to office.
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