Trump signs order instructing DOGE to massively cut federal workforce
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President Donald Trump expected to sign an executive order Tuesday instructing the Department of Government Efficiency to plan for cuts to federal workforce staffing numbers.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
Agencies will also be instructed to "undertake plans for large-scale reductions in force" and evaluate ways to eliminate or combine agency functions that aren't legally required.
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Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency will next set its sights on the Pentagon's budget, where reformers have identified massive amounts of waste and abuse of taxpayer dollars.
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