Of the many changes President Donald Trump has introduced since returning to the Oval Office, few have brought as much intrigue as the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE was conceived by Trump and his billionaire benefactor, Elon Musk, to slash the size of the federal government. Musk has sought to put DOGE to that purpose from his new perch in the Executive Office of the President, orchestrating power grabs across the federal bureaucracy.
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