DOGE Cancels More Than $182 Million in HHS Contracts, Including Funding for Fauci Museum Exhibit

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Fauci Museum Exhibit Funding Canceled: DOGE

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services canceled a museum exhibit for Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), tech billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said on Friday.

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Elon Musk cancels Fauci museum exhibit: ‘Can you believe your taxpayer dollars...’ - The Times of India

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency recently announced that the health department cancelled more than $180 million in contracts including a nearly $170,000 contract for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. "Can you believe your taxpayer dollars were being spent on a Fauci exhibit," Elon Musk said reacting. Elon Musk is a known Fauci hater and the targeted action comes as Elon Musk's DOGE is looking into the expenditure of all departments and cutting down the costs in its one-year target of reducing the federal expenditure.

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DOGE cancels funding for Fauci museum exhibit

The Fauci exhibit was booked to be finished by July 2025, but has now been scrapped along with $182 million in other HHS administrative expenses.

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DOGE terminates plans for museum exhibit dedicated to Anthony Fauci
Anthony Fauci, 84, was former President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser and a longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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DOGE cancels more than $180 million in contracts from HHS
DOGE cancels more than $180 million in contracts from Health and Human Services. Includes $170,000 for a Fauci exhibit at the National Institutes of Health. Details about the planned exhibit were scarce, but it would likely focus on the doctor's long career.
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DOGE cancels funding for Fauci museum exhibit
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cancels 62 contracts worth $182 million. DOGE, led by billionaire Elon Musk, has outlined vast changes in government spending. None of the contracts touched any healthcare programs, the agency said. The news comes as the U.S. Treasury Department plans to eliminate over $100 billion per year in entitlement payments.
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DOGE Cancels Fauci Museum Exhibit in Federal Cutting Spree
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Boston Museum of Science launches new yearlong program featuring Dr. Anthony Fauci - The Boston Globe
The series will feature Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. It will include exhibits, a digital series, and other events that aim to “examine the complex web of connection that makes us human”
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DOGE Takes a Sledgehammer to Fauci’s Legacy, Cancels Museum Exhibit Contract
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has canceled more than $180 million in contracts within a 48-hour period. The contracts were solely for administrative expenses and had nothing to do with any healthcare programs. The decision is part of a broader effort by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to eliminate what it considers unnecessary administrative expenses.
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DOGE Takes a Sledgehammer to Fauci's Legacy, Cancels Museum Exhibit Contract
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has canceled more than $180 million in contracts within a 48-hour period, including a planned museum
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Funding For Anthony Fauci Museum Exhibit Scrapped, DOGE Announces * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced that a contract for an Anthony Fauci exhibit at the NIH Museum worth $168,000 was canceled. DOGE estimates that it has saved taxpayers billions of dollars. The White House office has staffers embedded at multiple agencies and had tapped into the Treasury Department’s federal payment systems.
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DOGE Scraps Fauci Museum Exhibit as Part of $182M in Cuts
President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency stopped over $180 million worth of Department of Health and Human Services contracts. The money was meant to be used from July 2024 to July 2025. One of the contracts was for a museum exhibit focusing on former COVID-19 czar Dr. Anthony Fauci.
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DOGE Announces Termination of 20 Consulting Contracts, Saving Taxpayers $26 Million
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced the termination of 20 consulting contracts on Monday. The biggest savings thus far is the cancellation of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) contracts with a number of government agencies. That savings, according to DOGE Count, totals over $1 billion in taxpayer savings.
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What has DOGE cut so far?
DOGE was created by President Donald Trump through an executive order he signed on Inauguration Day. Under the order, DOGE will be a temporary organization within the White House that will spend 18 months until July 4, 2026. The group has faced criticism over its access to federal systems, including the Treasury Department's payment system.
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$72,000,000,000 Slashed by Elon Musk's DOGE? Here's Every Item Officially Gutted by Trump's Efficiency Squad - The Daily Hodl
The US Debt Clock, which is not affiliated with the government, says DOGE has saved more than $72 billion at time of publishing. To date the public has not been able to see everything that has been cut. The US debt clock says it’s saving about $1 billion per day.
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