DOGE, Elon Musk

Elon Musk's DOGE is overhauling the federal government, cutting spending, and drawing backlash. Here's what to know.
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 top power players at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
Musk is making huge and sudden changes to the federal government. But he's not doing this alone—here are his key lieutenants.
How Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Reshaping the US Government
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.
Is Elon Musk’s DOGE 'very popular'? That’s not what the polls say.
February, one found 72% support a government agency focused on efficiency, but the question didn’t specifically ask about DOGE.
Elon Musk must turn over records and answer questions on what he's doing at DOGE, judge orders
DOGE has been hit with nearly two dozen lawsuits since the start of President Donald Trump's second term.
Government expert on Elon Musk and DOGE's "slash-and-burn exercise"
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.
Poll: Voters like the idea of DOGE, but Elon Musk and his early results raise red flags
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 on the Verge of Tears — Is DOGE Too Much to Handle?
Elon Musk was on the verge of tears during a March 10, 2025, interview with Larry Kudlow on Fox Business, discussing his business challenges.
How will working in Elon Musk’s DOGE affect young Bay Area tech whizzes’ future careers?
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,
Postal Service Reaches Deal With Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency
The U.S. Postal Service has long struggled with its finances. President Trump and Mr. Musk have both suggested it should be ...
House Dem goes on screaming rant against Elon Musk, DOGE: 'Shame!'
Democratic Rep. John Larson of Connecticut shouted about Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency during a House ...
What Americans Really Think of Elon Musk
A new CNN/SSRS poll shows that 53 percent of Americans hold an unfavorable opinion of the world's richest man.
Elon Musk's DOGE team doubling to 200 employees amid federal workforce cuts elsewhere
Elon Musk said DOGE is set to grow to about 200 federal employees, up from about 100 currently as it fans across the federal ...
Elon Musk, DOGE ordered to release internal records, explain mass firings
The decision is in response to a group of 14 Democratic state attorneys general who jointly sued DOGE, claiming that Musk and ...
A government program made tax filing free and more efficient. Musk and DOGE may get rid of it anyway
The fate of the IRS Direct File program remains unclear as Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency cleave their ...
Federal judge considers blocking DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans
A federal judge is considering whether to temporarily block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing ...
DOGE says transgender farmers grant among 230+ contracts canceled in just 2 days
The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency is moving fast to slash spending across the federal government.