From The Press Rundown:
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have been tasked with leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as part of President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to reduce federal bureaucracy and spending. Both entrepreneurs have pledged to take a bold approach to the project, aiming to address the myriad of questionable expenditures within the government.
The report also revealed outlandish examples of government spending, such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding studies involving monkeys, including one where male monkeys were given female hormones to examine the effects on their immune systems in relation to HIV. Additionally, the NIH approved grants for studies on Russian cats walking on treadmills and COVID-19 misinformation exposure on social media among specific communities.