DOGE says seven grants for trans animal testing canceled, audits expanded: 'Shady expenditures happening'

In a statement, the agency said it remains committed to "advancing biomedical research under NIH's priorities and promoting radical transparency in alignment with the @POTUS agenda." 

"Our work is driven by accountability to all Americans as we push forward in science and public health," it wrote on X. 

In recent weeks, Republicans have railed against taxpayer funds being used for transgender animal studies.

In addition to the canceled grants, DOGE said a pilot program to audit federal agencies for unused and unneeded credit cards has expanded to 16 more agencies.

After two weeks, 146,000 credit cards were deactivated.

"As a reminder, at the start of the audit, there were ~4.6M active cards/accounts, so still more work to do," a DOGE post on X states. 

Musk said many of the limits on government-issued credit cards are up to $10,000. 

"There are still almost twice as many credit/purchasing cards as people in the government, and the limits are $10,000! A lot of shady expenditures happening," he said.