Fresh blow for Musk’s DOGE as it loses power to award $500B in federal funds
DOGE loses control of US federal grants website
- The US DOGE Service, responsible for Elon Musk's federal spending cut initiative, has reportedly lost access to grants.gov, a key government website.
- Grants.gov is a critical platform distributing approximately $500 billion in annual federal awards, making the loss a significant setback for the DOGE initiative.
- Earlier, DOGE had assumed control of the website, leading to a backlog of grant proposals and risking unspent funds by the fiscal year-end.
- Federal officials were recently instructed to cease routing grant proposals through DOGE following Musk's split from the Trump administration.
- The initiative has reportedly fallen significantly short of its $1 trillion savings target, achieving only about $180 billion, although the administration says DOGE's work will continue in a decentralized manner without Musk.