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Chapter 1: What fraud and waste is being targeted in the federal government?
President Trump and Elon Musk are rooting out fraud, waste, and mismanagement of taxpayer dollars in the federal government.
The more than 8 million taxpayer dollars that have gone to essentially subsidizing subscriptions to Politico on the American taxpayer's dime will no longer be happening.
What else is on the chopping block?
I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Thursday, February 6th, and this is Morning Wire. Reactions to Trump's bold proposal to take control of Gaza have been swift and extreme.
It's going to bring the entire region to come with their own solutions.
And as L.A. residents pick up the pieces from the devastating fires, a pending zoning law could prevent many of them from rebuilding.
We need to get moving. People are in pain. They've lost their community. Let's get it rebuilt.
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Chapter 2: What are Trump's proposals for Gaza?
Pretty dramatic middle image there. Now, as Georgia mentioned at the top, the legacy media is entangled in this USAID controversy. What have we learned on that front?
Right. This is starting to generate a lot of debate and controversy. It involves left-wing publication Politico, which produces a premium service product for professionals called Politico Pro.
On Wednesday, Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt said that Doge spotted at least $8 million in taxpayer dollars going toward Politico Pro subscriptions, and the administration can now confirm that they will be canceling those payments.
We are going line by line when it comes to the federal government's books. And this president and his team are making decisions across the board on do these receipts serve the interests of the American people? Is this a good use of the American taxpayers' money?
Some reports suggest that this is just the tip of the iceberg and that Politico is certainly not the only legacy media outlet that's been getting big money from the federal government, particularly during the Biden administration. Those claims have, of course, raised even more questions about media bias.
Right. And in fact, we're digging into this and we'll have more on this soon. Now, we've mentioned Musk and the central role he's playing. What else is he focusing on?
Yeah, he's tackling this in a very holistic way, you could say. Musk has gained access to view the Treasury's payment system. That process is trillions of dollars in spending each year. This past fiscal year, the Fed's reported an estimated $236 billion in improper payments. So a lot of potential waste could be spotted there. Hmm.
And just to paint a picture of how invested Musk is in all of this, he has reportedly moved beds into the headquarters of the Federal Personnel Office. And he and his staff, mostly young engineers, they're working into the night and weekends to find waste.
Very Muskian approach for sure. Amanda, thanks for reporting.
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