Trump’s DOGE savings dwarfed by Medicare, Social Security spending, watchdog finds

A conservative watchdog says Trump’s much-hyped DOGE cuts are a drop in the bucket compared to America’s ballooning entitlement spending.OpenTheBooks, a conservative fiscal watchdog group, released a report on Thursday showing that mandatory spending for Medicare and Social Security vastly outweigh any cuts to discretionary spending ushered in by the Trump administration.The report was released as lawmakers clash over government funding, with the fight centered on Democratic plans to expand Obamacare."Government shutdowns offer taxpayers a much-needed reality check on the massive scale of fede