
Mike Baker
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https://www.nytimes.com/by/mike-baker 13-08-2010 19:47:08
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Update: Department of Government Efficiency removes 31 more incorrect claims -- and $122M in savings -- from its "Wall of Receipts" after we identified they were wrong. The listings were wrong b/c the contracts DOGE claimed credit for killing were not dead anymore: agencies had revived them.



Medicaid is a more cost-effective way to save lives than lots of other things the government pays for, like vehicle inspections or some cancer treatments. More from me + Margot Sanger-Katz on a big new Medicaid study: nytimes.com/2025/05/16/hea…



NEW and BREAKING: Another major blow for Harvard -- the Trump administration has essentially revoked Harvard's ability to enroll foreign students by taking away their ability to get visas. w/Michael C. Bender nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/…


