Rather than set government straight, Elon Musk is leaving Washington with the federal budget all cattywampus. Deficit spending is increasing, not waning, and there is a growing school of thought that his “efficiency” effort could end up costing the government as much as or more than it saved.

A federal judge has ruled that certain DOGE employees will be permitted to access Treasury payment and data systems after completing required security training.

The world's richest man spent nearly 130 days working with the Trump administration to slash the federal government.

The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency can now access sensitive Treasury Department systems that control trillions of dollars of payments and contain private information for millions of Americans,

In a post on X, formerly Twitter, DOGE said it had deactivated 523,000 federal credit cards following a 13-week audit.

Elon Musk’s right-hand man is the latest headed out the door in a DOGE exodus that includes the billionaire himself and Stephen Miller’s wife. Steve Davis’ exit follows Musk’s announcement on Wednesday that his time is up at DOGE, where he launched a sweeping and chaotic four-month campaign to slash government waste.

About four months after resigning from the federal agency Trump rebranded as the U.S. DOGE Service, this NJ resident won local office by 49 votes.