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New report details how Trump & Musk's gov't 'chainsaw' cost taxpayers $11 billion - The Last Word - MS NOW
A report by Public Citizen finds that the Trump administration paid federal employees at least $11 billion not to work. Douglas Pasternak, research director of Public Citizen’s Trump Accountability Project, joins MS NOW’s Jonathan Capehart to discuss the findings of his report which he calls “Trumpian mismanagement at its worst.” - Aired on 07/10/2026.