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What=E2=80=99s going on with DOGE?=C2=A0
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) made major headlines through=
out the first half of 2025 =E2=80=94 but where is it now? And what did it a=
ccomplish? A year later, its status and impact are hard to pin down. This i=
s [what the data shows]([link removed]
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- DOGE was created via [executive order]([link removed]
many-executive-orders-has-each-president-signed/) on January 20, 2025, with=
Elon Musk leading the organization. Its [goal]([link removed]
presidential-actions/2025/01/establishing-and-implementing-the-presidents-d=
epartment-of-government-efficiency/) was =E2=80=9Cmodernizing Federal techn=
ology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.=E2=
=80=9D
- This often took the form of budget cuts and layoffs. Federal entities, in=
cluding the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agen=
cy, cited DOGE when announcing budget cuts. =C2=A0
[Civilian employment in the federal government]([link removed]
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- Did you vote in last week=E2=80=99s poll? Over half of respondents (53.1%=
) thought federal spending had risen 1% since DOGE was established. In actu=
ality, the 37.1% who thought it had changed less than one percent were righ=
t. Average monthly federal spending in the year leading up to January 2025 =
was $443.1 billion. In the 12 months leading up to October 2025, it was $44=
2.9 billion, down 0.05%.
- The size of the federal workforce decreased by about 3.2% between January=
and August.
- The charter that established DOGE runs through July 4, 2026, and its webs=
ite and social accounts are still active. For more background on DOGE, see =
the [Decoding DOGE]([link removed]) archive. =
=C2=A0
[See the data]([link removed])
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Use-of-force: What FBI data says=C2=A0
Protests and public discussions have sprung up regarding law enforcement of=
ficials=E2=80=99 use of force following two fatal shootings of residents in=
Minneapolis. USAFacts turned to data collected by the FBI about federal, s=
tate, local, and tribal law enforcement and investigative agencies to learn=
more about how often force is used. [Here=E2=80=99s what we found](https:/=
/usafacts.org/articles/what-the-data-says-about-law-enforcement-use-of-forc=
e/).
- The Justice Department permits officers to use =E2=80=9Conly the force th=
at is objectively reasonable to effectively gain control of an incident, wh=
ile protecting the safety of the officer and others=E2=80=9D strictly in ca=
ses without feasible alternatives. (The Department of Homeland Security, wh=
ich is home to [ICE]([link removed]
-detained-by-ice/country/united-states/), uses similar language in its use-=
of-force policy, but it is not included in this data.)=C2=A0
- According to the FBI=E2=80=99s national use-of-force data, over half (54.=
3%) of use-of-force incidents in 2025 occurred while law enforcement was re=
sponding to unlawful or suspicious activity. Another 21% were during traffi=
c stops (12.9%) or other routine patrol (7.0%). Nearly 10% were categorized=
as =E2=80=9Cother=E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9Cunknown.=E2=80=9D=C2=A0
- In 2025, 60.4% of incidents caused serious bodily harm, while 10.6% invol=
ved a discharged weapon without bodily harm. About 29.6% of reported use-of=
-force incidents resulted in the death of one or more people.=E2=80=AF=C2=
=A0
[Use-of-force incidents by law enforcement]([link removed]
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- Firearms were the most often-cited type of force used in 2025 incidents, =
followed by hands/fists/feet, tasers, police dogs, and impact projectiles l=
ike rubber bullets.=C2=A0
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Data behind the news
The [Office of Management and Budget]([link removed]
does-the-us-government-do/subagency/office-of-management-and-budget/) is lo=
oking into federal funding for 14 states and=C2=A0and Washington, DC. Here=
=E2=80=99s a look at [how much money]([link removed]
-money-does-the-federal-government-provide-state-and-local-governments/coun=
try/united-states) states get from the federal government.
Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments about a president=E2=80=99s po=
wer to fire a member of the Federal Reserve. Just what does [the Fed](https=
://usafacts.org/articles/the-federal-reserve-explained/) do?
Senate Democrats said they will not vote to approve a Department of Homelan=
d Security funding bill, increasing the chances for a partial government sh=
utdown by the end of this week. In case you forgot what happened during the=
[longest shutdown in history]([link removed]
tdown-2025-what-to-know/), here=E2=80=99s [what happens in a government shu=
tdown]([link removed]
vernment-shutdown/).=C2=A0
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Think you know the data? Take our poll!=C2=A0
You=E2=80=99ll see the answer in next week=E2=80=99s newsletter.=C2=A0
There were about 515,600 DACA recipients in the US at the end of June 2025.=
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On January 12, gas prices were down from a year prior. The nationwide avera=
ge price for regular gas was $2.78/gallon, down $0.26. The West Coast had t=
he highest prices: $0.87 above the national avg. [Sound off on prices where=
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