DOGE Slammed by Judge for AI Use in Cutting $100 Million
The National Endowment for the Humanities building in Washington, DC.
Photographer: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty ImagesA US judge blasted the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency project for relying on artificial intelligence tools as it orchestrated roughly $100 million in cuts to federal funding for humanities programs last year.
US District Judge Colleen McMahon released a 143-page opinion on Thursday blocking the National Endowment for the Humanities from carrying out DOGE’s grant terminations. The New York-based judge found that the government’s actions were unconstitutional and that DOGE officials didn’t have authority to direct them.