DOGE is Elon Musk's ambitious effort to reform the federal government. Here's how the Department of Government Efficiency is upending Washington, DC.

The Department of Government Efficiency started as an inside joke. It’s since enabled the world’s richest man to become the most powerful person in the country, after President Donald Trump. And yet the department-that’s-not-a-department remains something of an enigma.

February, one found 72% support a government agency focused on efficiency, but the question didn’t specifically ask about DOGE.

Edward Coristine, a former intern at Neuralink and now known by his infamous LinkedIn profile handle “bigballs,” is one of the core members of the DOGE team and the youngest-known Musk aide at age 19, TechCrunch has confirmed.

DOGE has been hit with nearly two dozen lawsuits since the start of President Donald Trump's second term.

Trump campaign funder and government disrupter Elon Musk has used unprecedented power to quickly eliminate thousands of federal jobs and shutter entire programs and agencies, using tactics that have raised questions about transparency.

Voters are open, narrowly, to an effort to tackle inefficiencies in government. But they are concerned about billionaire Elon Musk and how his Department of Government Efficiency is executing those cuts,

Elon Musk was on the verge of tears during a March 10, 2025, interview with Larry Kudlow on Fox Business, discussing his business challenges.

A crew of young Bay Area technology whizzes working at Elon Musk’s controversial cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency may face fallout from their job choices for the rest of their careers,