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Lawmakers see waste in DOGE’s ‘stupid’ $7B buyout costs

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. The Hill is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 19 Sept 2026, 21:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Lawmakers see waste in DOGE’s ‘stupid’ $7B buyout costs”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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A new government report showing that the administration spent $7 billion paying staff not to work as it pushed its buyouts is sparking the latest round of scrutiny of President Trump’s DOGE era. A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimated the administration spent $6.
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