Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is now a reality. President Donald Trump formally created DOGE via executive order on January 20, one of the first he signed after returning to the ...

OPM asked federal agencies to compile lists of workers to consider terminating, reflecting DOGE's goals to cut the government workforce.

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