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A look at the errors on DOGE's 'wall of receipts'

Season 2025 Episode 57 | 5m 50s

Elon Musk claims his campaign to fire tens of thousands of federal workers and cancel government contracts is in the name of rooting out “fraud” and “waste.” A website claims they’ve saved billions by cutting certain federal contracts, but reports and government documents prove that these so-called savings are either misleading or incorrect. White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López reports.

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