President Donald Trump's proposed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by billionaire Elon Musk, was due to face a lawsuit within minutes of Trump being sworn in at his inauguration on Monday. In the complaint seen by Newsweek, public interest law firm National Security Counselors argue that the department violates federal transparency rules. "Nobody disputes that there is a huge amount of wasteful spending in the federal government. Our only concern is that DOGE, as it is currently constituted, lacks the expertise to understand how its recommendations will backfire if...
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