Costly Hunt for Social Security Fraud Comes Up Empty; Checking the "Wall of Savings"; Conflicts of Interest Galore; and more

WatchCats Weekly News Roundup for May 16, 2025

Stories Mentioned in This Roundup

  1. DOGE went looking for phone fraud at SSA — and found almost none

  2. DOGE’s Fraud Tracker at Social Security Turns Into a Massive Self-Own

  3. DOGE Removes Dozens of Resurrected Contracts From Its List of Savings 

  4. DOGE continues to publish misleading or inaccurate claims on its "Wall of Receipts"

  5. DOGE says it has canceled thousands of federal contracts, grants and leases. Here's a searchable list.

  6. ‘DOGE caucus is dead’: Rep. Jared Moskowitz isn’t attending the funeral

  7. White House considers plan B as DOGE cuts hit a wall on the Hill

  8. The hidden ways Trump, DOGE are shutting down parts of the U.S. government

  9. The Weather Service Had a Plan to Reinvent Itself. Did DOGE Stop It?

  10. Where local forecast offices no longer monitor weather around the clock

  11. ‘Glaring red flag’: Treasury DOGE team discloses bank stock holdings

  12. Musk Adviser May Make as Much as $1 Million a Year While Helping to Dismantle Agency that Regulates Tesla and X

  13. In chaos of mass DOGE firings, a grieving husband fights to save consumer agency

  14. The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk.

  15. Watchdog Effort to Obtain DOGE Records Can Proceed, Appeals Court Rules

  16. In Re: DOGE Ruling

  17. FCC commissioner writes op-ed titled, “It’s time for Trump to DOGE the FCC“

  18. NATHAN SIMINGTON AND GAVIN WAX: It’s Time For Trump To DOGE The FCC

  19. Trump tried to fire Corporation for Public Broadcasting board members. Then came DOGE

  20. House Democrats want Treasury watchdog probe following DOGE’s IRS ‘hackathon’

  21. The rampant federal fraud that DOGE is largely ignoring

  22. D.C.'s DOGE recession is fast approaching

  23. Why DOGE Failed

  24. Meet the experts working to pull the curtain on DOGE

  25. Blitzscaling for tyrants