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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Gustaf Kilander

Mike Johnson says he’s aiming to ax 75 percent of all federal agencies with Elon Musk’s help

House Speaker Mike Johnson intends to cut 75 percent of all federal agencies with the help of Elon Musk’s outside commission known as the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

“We certainly hope” to slash the number of federal agencies from 428 to 99, as Musk has vowed, Johnson said in response to a question from Fox News host Martha McCallum in an interview Wednesday night. “We want to be willing partners in that,” he added.

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