DOGE’s ‘wall of receipts’ is riddled with errors and inconsistencies,” by POLITICO’s Jessie Blaeser: As proof of its purported $55 billion in savings for taxpayers, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has offered up a “wall of receipts” representing a subset of canceled contracts.

Department of Government Efficiency staffers were at the Pentagon on Tuesday and receiving lists of the military’s probationary employees, U.S. officials said.

President Donald Trump had said the Pentagon would be an early target of Musk's DOGE, which has swept through federal agencies searching for spending cuts as part of Trump's overhaul and shrinking of the U.

DOGE looks to investigate the budget for the Pentagon as well as seeing where funds are going for various other departments of the federal government.

According to a memo released on X, Darin Selnick, who is working as the defense undersecretary for personnel, said the vaccine mandate was an “unfair, overbroad, and completely unnecessary burden” on service members.

Donald Trump told reporters on Thursday that he wants to organize a summit with Russian President Putin and Chinese President Xi and suggested that the three great powers agree to stop building nuclear weapons and cut their defense spending "in half.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s overseas trip started with heckling from military families. That turned out to one the best moments of his excursion.

And what if DOGE goes rogue in the Pentagon? If Mr Musk causes chaos or corrupts procurement, the consequences for America’s security could be catastrophic. The problems are clearest in the struggle to turn technology into a military advantage.

Unmanned capabilities merit continued investment but they are far from capable of replacing F-35 and may not be for some time.”

The question isn’t why Pete Hegseth faced pushback at U.S. European Command headquarters; the question is whether the Pentagon chief will see more protests soon