First on FOX: Elon Musk's Doge team has cancelled millions of dollars a government contract that the administration calls taxpayers a waste.
A senior official told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that Doge has worked with various agencies to cancel several contracts in the Social Security Administration, the Ministry of Homeland Security and Labor and several other areas.
“Taxpayer dollars will no longer be wasted with nonsense,” an official told Fox News Digital.
Cancelled spending includes $1 million including a $36,000 contract for DEI-related workshops on homeland security and a public-facing SSA application that supports the “gender X initiative” and allows for “non-binary” fields. Includes cancellation of contract.
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President Donald Trump and Elon Musk will reach the launch of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas on November 19, 2024. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
The Department of Agriculture has cancelled a $1 million contract for a diversity communications campaign for agricultural professionals.
The contract has also been cancelled at Forest Service, a USDA branch that includes one of the $375,000 for DEI and onboarding services, and has been cancelled for $30,000 for “Central America Gender Assessment Consultants.”
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President Donald Trump will listen when Elon Musk speaks at the White House's Oval Office on Tuesday, February 11th, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Ministry of Agriculture It will also cancel a $230,000 contract for Brazil Forest and Gender Consultant Services.
The Department of Labor is canceling a $4 million contract for training DEI Consulting Services and its employment corps, according to officials.
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Elon Musk will speak with reporters during an event in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at the White House. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump's Environmental Protection Agency has cancelled its $100,000 contract to purchase a two-year subscription with Gartner HR Leader, saying it has been announced that it will “employee experience, diversity, equity, inclusivity, accessibility and work.” “We have obtained research and advisory services covering life integration.”
The Trump administration has it Cut hundreds of millions of dollars Of contracts across different sectors of government, many have been linked to Trump's efforts as a programme that opposes on the campaign trail and undermines the United States by focusing on gender and race rather than meritocracy.
On January 28, Doge said the group had “saved the federal government about $1 billion a day, blocking people's employment in unnecessary positions, halting the removal of DEIs and foreign organizations. Posting that you have suspended inappropriate payments to orders.
Doge, arguing that many Democrats in Congress represent a “constitutional crisis” and that the cuts are too dramatic to cut important government programs. I'm against it.
Eric Revell from Fox News Digital contributed to this report
