DOGE Cuts Now Into the Billions: White House

Amid Democrats’ pushback, lawsuits, and threats to DOGE employees, the cuts keep coming—including almost $1 billion announced on Feb. 10.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena in Washington on Jan. 20, 2025. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

After three weeks, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has made more than $1 billion in cuts, according to numbers from the White House.

Some of the biggest savings reckoned by the White House stem from the cancellation of more than 100 contracts relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Trump’s day-one executive orders included one seeking to end DEI in the federal government. The White House estimates that those cancellations alone saved more than $1 billion.