President Donald Trump and DOGE head Elon Musk address attempts to portray a rivalry between the pair on a 'Hannity' exclusive, airing Tuesday, February 18. (Fox News)
The savings are a combination of "fraud detection/deletion, contract/lease cancellations, contract/lease renegotiations, asset sales, grant cancellations, workforce reductions, programmatic changes, and regulatory savings."
"We are working to upload all of this data in a digestible and fully transparent manner with clear assumptions, consistent with applicable rules and regulations," DOGE wrote on the site, adding that the data will be updated twice per week until eventually becoming real-time.
Musk is leading DOGE to aggressively slash government waste when it comes to federal spending under President Donald Trump.
DOGE SLASHES OVER $100M IN DEI FUNDING AT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT: ‘WIN FOR EVERY STUDENT'
The Congressional DOGE Caucus now has over 100 members, Fox News Digital was told (House of Representatives/Getty)
The department was created via executive order and is a temporary organization within the White House that will spend 18 months carrying out its mission.
The group has faced criticism over its access to federal systems, including the Treasury Department's payment system, as well as moves to cancel federal contracts and make cuts at various agencies.
Attorneys general from 14 states are suing to block DOGE from accessing federal data, arguing Musk and Trump's administration have engaged in illegal executive overreach.
The newly formed cost-cutting agency scored a win on Friday when a federal judge in Washington declined a request to temporarily block it from accessing sensitive data from the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Fox News Digital’s Hillary Vaugh and Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.
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