How the V.A. and DOGE Misreported Big Savings

Over the past six months, The New York Times has documented how the Department of Government Efficiency’s “Wall of Receipts,” the only public accounting of its work, has been plagued by errors. To understand why, David A. Fahrenthold looked closely at claims submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs, which has had one of the highest totals of canceled contracts on the wall, and also some of its bigger mistakes.