DOGE to Take on Pentagon’s $895.2 Billion Budget

Out of all the ambitions of President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), one that will likely face considerable pushback in Washington is slashing the ever-growing defense budget of the United States military. After the Pentagon failed its seventh consecutive annual audit earlier this year, the Department of Defense’s (DoD) ballooning budget, which climbed to $895.2 billion for fiscal year 2025, is facing renewed scrutiny among Washington lawmakers. DOGE, soon to be led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, will examine the Defense Department’s sprawling budget and try to rein in costs. Due to the Pentagon’s history of failing audits and clandestine accounting, this could be one of DOGE’s most ambitious goals in its quest to slash $2 trillion from the federal government’s budget....