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... The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported a 5 percent increase in the federal deficit for February, with outlays growing by 7 percent compared to the same period last year.

The DOGE stimulus initiative, championed by investment firm CEO James Fishback, proposes allocating 20 percent of the department's savings to taxpayers and another 20 percent to national debt reduction. The plan suggests that DOGE could save $2 trillion over 18 months, enabling the distribution of $400 billion among approximately 79 million taxpayers, resulting in checks of $5,000 each.

However, the latest CBO data challenges the feasibility of these savings. The federal government borrowed $1.1 trillion in the first five months of Fiscal Year 2025, including $308 billion in February alone.

This trend raises concerns about the effectiveness of DOGE's cost-cutting measures and the likelihood of achieving the projected savings necessary to fund the stimulus checks. ...