DOGE's greatest hits: Look back at the department's most high-profile cuts during Trump's first 100 days

As President Trump marks his 100th day in office on Tuesday, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) says that it has cut at least $160 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government, including several high-profile cuts that have been highlighted over the past few months.

One of the most talked about DOGE targets in Trump's first term was spending at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Ernst highlighted that the agency "authorized a whopping $20 million to create a 'Sesame Street' in Iraq." 

Under the Biden administration, USAID awarded $20 million to a nonprofit called Sesame Workshop to produce a show called "Ahlan Simsim Iraq" in an effort to "promote inclusion, mutual respect and understanding across ethnic, religious and sectarian groups." 

On the campaign trail and since taking office, President Trump has made it clear he aims to slash DEI spending in the federal government while making the case that a system of meritocracy should be the focus.

DOGE has announced over the last few months that it has cut hundreds of millions in DEI contracts. 

The Defense Department has been working with the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in slashing wasteful spending, DOD spokesman Sean Parnell said in a video posted to social media.

Parnell listed some of the initial findings flagged by DOGE, much of it consisting of millions of dollars given to support various DEI programs, including $1.9 million for holistic DEI transformation and training in the Air Force and $6 million to the University of Montana to "strengthen American democracy by bridging divides."

DOGE has made efforts to cut federal spending by cutting the federal workforce, which it argues has become bloated with many employees doing jobs that are unnecessary or could be streamlined.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), inspired by DOGE's crackdown on federal spending, said it had located $20 billion in tax dollars within the agency that the Biden administration reportedly "knew they were wasting."

The EPA found that just eight agencies were controlling the distribution of tens of billions of taxpayer dollars to different entities "at their discretion," such as the Climate United Fund, which reportedly received just under $7 billion.

"The 'gold bars' were tax dollars, and 'tossing them off the Titanic' meant the Biden administration knew they were wasting it," Zeldin said, vowing to recover the "gold bars" that were found "parked at an outside financial institution."

Zeldin said that the "scheme was the first of its kind in EPA history, and it was purposely designed to obligate all the money in a rush job with reduced oversight." 

In a Fox News interview, the EPA administrator praised DOGE's work at the agency and said that the cost-cutting department is "making us better."

"They come up with great recommendations, and we can make a decision to act on it," Zeldin said.Fox News Digital's Louis Casiano contributed to this report