The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, is working to cut federal spending ... far focused on areas included in discretionary spending, which is subject to annual ...

U.S. federal budgeting has two major categories of spending. The one subject to the most scrutiny is “discretionary” spending, which is the basis of the annual appropriations process.

The Pentagon has the largest amount of federal discretionary spending — and an infamous history of overpayments, such as spending $10,000 on toilet seat covers for Air Force cargo planes ...

Billionaire Elon Musk has said his Department of Government Efficiency is aiming to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget ... much you can cut from annual spending by choosing among programs ...

as well as discretionary spending on the dozen annual appropriations bills. Those measures fund the vast majority of federal departments and agencies, including Agriculture, Energy, Homeland ...